I was always strictly a no gloves person. Like ShadyGreenThumb I MUST feel the earth, the roots, the stems, the wet or dry & everything in between. When I wear gloves, it's like being blind - hand blind. Besides, it's no fun if I can't feel anything. However, I have grown a bit wiser and more cautious in the last few years and I absolutely do wear gloves for heavy work like when I'm using the shovel, pushing the wheelbarrow or trimming hedges or cutting thorny things and pulling invasive vines -- stuff like that.
