I've always believed that leather gloves were for construction type projects and have always saved my good leathers for diy projects or shoveling dirt type stuff, not digging or planting. Those I used fabric or the latex covered gloves.
Recently my cheap gloves bit the dust and all I have left are the leathers. While I do have some shoveling to do I also need to do some planting and transplanting.
Last night I was reading an article about the 10 best garden gloves and most of them were leather. So now I'm questioning what I thought I knew!
Is it bad for the leather gloves to get down and dirty in the dirt? Planting a plant you can't help but get your hands in the dirt.
