Buying a pair of gardening gloves has become a lot harder than it used to be! My local garden store has about 50 varieties to choose from, all are suited to different jobs. My old leather gloves are fine for heavy digging but what I wanted was a pair of gloves for  pulling out weeds. I don’t want my enemies to slip though my fingers but I do want to be able to feel when my fingers have got them by the throat. So I chose Town and Country’s ‘Weed & Seed’ gardening gloves. Apart from the baby blue colour, they are fine. Maybe the colour suggests ‘health care’. The cost was £3.99 for a pair in May 2009.