OK, this is your last chance to get a Christmas gift for your gardener or outdoor naturalist. Here are some quick but nice options.
I have a “glove” affair with gloves. Leather gloves are great, and insulated leather gloves are even better for cold weather chores. On the other hand, I really like the cloth gloves that have been dipped in rubber or plastic so that the palm and the front of the fingers is waterproof. Buy a five-pack of these gloves. Gardening gloves that are completely waterproof keep in the sweat and they start to stink. The open cloth back on the other gloves lets the sweat out but it also lets in the mud and water. That is why you need a five-pack. As the gloves get too muddy or wet, just set them in the sun to dry and put on another pair.
