I much prefer no gloves gardening, but being a nurse, I sometimes resort to gloves. I've found that during the daylily peak times, there is just no way to deadhead them without getting stains, so I put a pair of vinyl gloves in my pocket and use them to deadhead. The only other time I always, well almost always, wear gloves is when cutting back the giant miscanthus grass and for that job I wear leather, elbow high gloves. I'll admit, I speed a lot of time scrubing my nails and fingers with a nailbrush, but it's worth it.
