hand cream for gardeners

[gillian62]

An old boy once told me the best cure for split skin in the winter is to pee on your hands and rub it in!

I haven't tried it.

As my husband works as an online shopping delivery driver, it may be best that he doesn't try it either!!

[Two_Sheds]

I get bad splits in my thumbs at the start of the gardening year (despite gloves). Very, very painful. Nothing seems to help, although Sudocrem is the best of what I've tried (inc. Neutrogena, Lotil, E45, vaseline etc)

[hawthorns]

that works for blisters

An old boy once told me the best cure for split skin in the winter is to pee on your hands and rub it in!

I haven't tried it.

[Snadger]

I get bad splits in my thumbs at the start of the gardening year (despite gloves). Very, very painful. Nothing seems to help, although Sudocrem is the best of what I've tried (inc. Neutrogena, Lotil, E45, vaseline etc)

For some reason I seem to be allergic to flaming Sudocrem. I usually garden 'Commando' (hands) but at work I use barrier cream on occasions!

[Snadger]

that works for blisters

I agree..........and as an apprentice I did try it, and it worked. (You could here me shouting out how well it worked from about half a mile away though!)

[VirginVegGrower]

Krakattack for farmers' hands - available from Packington Pork farm shop and probably something you can get mail order from somewhere. Cleared my mother's cracked and chilblained hands in two days. I gave my pot to her and now need to buy another. It's magic stuff.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Years ago I used to suffer very bad splitting when tiling bathrooms in the winter, tile cement had not been invented and we used a kind of mortar that took all naturals oils out of the skin. Yes weeing on your hands does work but could not recommend it for the ladys as it hardens your skin as well.

Colin

[jojo2910]

Crabtree and Evelyn hand therapy/cream. Had some for Christmas and its lovely, but I use it as a treat when my hands are really bad. I use a body shop alomd one and the expert dry skin balm from boots in between.

[Glutton4...]

Krakattack for farmers' hands - available from Packington Pork farm shop and probably something you can get mail order from somewhere. Cleared my mother's cracked and chilblained hands in two days. I gave my pot to her and now need to buy another. It's magic stuff.

Never even heard of it, but will definitely have a 'google' around for it. Thanks for the recommendation.

Here ya go, for anyone who wants a link;
http://www.krakatak.co.uk/

[smallfrog]

Gloves on th lottie, A good gardeners soap with pumice or sand in to get he muck off. Mines from a farmers market and last forever and then body shops hemp handcream. Smells horrid but works a treat.
i struggle to keep hads from crackin have to wash hem all the time for work and keep them very cean or also work. Baker they dont tend to like you o have mud in your nails.

[Two_Sheds]

A good gardeners soap with pumice or sand in to get he muck off.

Or a handful of sugar & liquid soap, does the same job