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A favorite single Atlas nitrile glove has served garden expert Sydney Eddison well. It rests with a pair of leather palmed gloves sporting Velcro wrist bands.

—Bee Photo, Crevier

Whether digging in the dirt, trimming thorny shrubs, or grappling with piles of brush, choosing the right garden gloves can make those chores easier and decidedly less painful.

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By Nancy K. Crevier You have heard the adage, “If the shoe fits…” but how about the glove?

If the glove fits, you certainly want to wear it, and this time of year, where better than the garden?

There is nothing like the feel of moist, soft soil sifting between the fingers. Most hands, however, need a little more protection than what nature has provided for weeding, pruning, shaping, seeding, and planting.

And the right garden glove can add to the pleasure of digging into the season.

Garden gloves come in all styles, colors, sizes, and prices, meaning you should be able to find a pair that suits your gardening needs — or maybe even more than one style.

A nylon or cotton cloth glove is an inexpensive option perfect for jobs when getting soaking wet is not an issue, and when basic protection is all that is needed. Some cloth gloves even have UV protection as a plus.

Bamboo gardening gloves are ideal for those with sensitive skin. This breathable,

flexible style is intended for gentler gardening chores but is not as durable as gloves made from other materials. For those tough jobs, choose a glove that has palms and fingers reinforced with spandex, leather, or a nitrile coating.

These styles generally offer a tighter fit and good grip — great when raking or using hand tools.

Nitrile gloves — made from a manmade rubber — latex, plastic, or a combination are also water resistant or waterproof.

When hands may otherwise be taking a soaking from damp soil, mulching, or moving hoses, this style of glove comes to the rescue.

“I have a lot of one-of-a-kind gloves — all for the left hand,” confessed garden expert and author Sydney Eddison. “As I am right handed, the missing gloves are obviously the ones I used on that fateful day.

“I do actually have a preference for Atlas nitrile gloves. They are thin, flexible, and water resistant but can be machine washed.

Just don’t put them in the dryer,” she

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advises. “They are available from the A. M. Leonard Horticultural Tool & Supply Co. Their catalog describes the Atlas nitrile gloves as tough and durable and boasts that ‘they fit like a second skin.’ I really don’t think they exaggerate.”

Another water-resistant option is a glove made of cowhide or suede leather. The natural leather is long-lasting and, over time, softens into a luxurious favorite. When stinging insects or plants are part of the day’s work, or prickly bushes require care, the leather glove is a good choice.

Less familiar are some of the specialty gardening gloves, including ones with plastic claws on the fingertips. What gardener has not needed to scratch just a little hole or get a good grip on some pesky little weed?

The claw-tip glove is a fierce looking and interesting choice for this chore (and may be just the thing to have on hand for next year’s Halloween costume).

Pruning shrubs, prickly plants, and berry bushes that demand a long reach call for gloves that protect the forearm. Most of these gloves have a flexible material for the hand and finger portion, with the forearm protected by a thicker, tougher material to ease any thorny situation.

As the gardener ages, so might the joints in the wrists and fingers. But there is no need to forego the hobby of gardening because of arthritis, as gloves offering extra support and/or compression return the ease of gardening to aching hands and fingers.

These soft gloves are meant to have a firm fit and are usually padded and in some cases, heated.

Look for gloves with Velcro wrist straps for an adjustable fit. This option also prevents loose dirt from sneaking in at the cuff.

Elastic cuffs will also aid in keeping dirt and debris out of the glove, while a simple cuff is easy-on, easy-off. The right size glove will fit snugly without squeezing fingers, with only a bit of wiggle room at the tip.

Too large a glove leads to chafing, a poor grip, and an unhappy gardener.

Color? It is everywhere for a bright look, and patterns add fun to pulling a glove onto the hand.

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What gardener has not needed to scratch just a little hole or get a good grip on some pesky little weed? The claw-tip glove is a fierce looking but effective choice for this chore, and is available from many online sites and garden retailers. A pair from NNBB is pictured.

The natural look of leather gloves becomes even more subtle as time goes by, for those less inclined to stand out in the field.

Holly Kocet, a founding member of Protect Our Pollinators (POP) and an avid gardener, said that she likes “a glove that fits snugly. Loose glove are useless, especially for weeding. And gloves need to be mostly fabric with rubber for grips on the palm side.

All-rubber gloves are hot in the summer. Of course when it comes to pruning pines with sticky sap or clearing invasives with prickly stems, I’ll grab almost anything, and a heavier rubber glove makes sense.

“Pretty designs and colors are nice,” she continued, “but I’m hard on garden gloves; they get dirty and worn pretty quickly. I’m not a dainty gardener. I get down in the dirt when planting, even in light rain, so I’m lucky to get a full season out of a pair of gloves.”

There is profound joy to be found outdoors in the garden, and a good glove with a good fit will only make it better.

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Local Experts Say: It’s Time To Start Sowing The Seeds Of Summer

By Eliza Hallabeck Planting seeds can be a “great opportunity to have some fun, save some money, and recycle plastic containers” according to Peggy Townsend, who represents the Garden Club of Newtown.

With summer’s blooms and vegetables on the horizon, now is the time to start sowing the seeds of the season.

Townsend and Eugene Reelick, who owns Hollandia Nurseries of Bethel, both offered advice for those thinking about planting from seed.

Townsend opts to start her seeds indoors.

She said people can reuse any container that is an inch-and-a-half to three inches deep, as long as it has drainage holes.

If a plastic container does not have drainage holes, Townsend has a hot tip: heat the end of a barbecue skewer over the stove and carefully use the tip to create holes.

Townsend shared a presentation on the subject of growing from seed for the Garden Club of Newtown’s virtual February meeting.

Usually a seed package will tell the gardener to start planting seeds indoors six to eight weeks before planting the plants outside, Townsend said. The length of time depends on the type of seed.

She also said gardeners should know their last frost date, which in Connecticut tends to be around April 30 to May 4. Townsend uses a seed starting soil mix for her seeds, as garden dirt can be too heavy. All-purpose potting soil will work too, she said, and either can be purchased at local nurseries.

Reelick recommended gardeners use seed germination soil or a seed starter mix.

“The soil is the foundation, so if you start with a good foundation, you can build a beautiful garden,” said Reelick.

Some seeds, Reelick shared, benefit from being soaked in water before they are sowed. Different types of seeds have a very hard outer shell, he offered, and soaking them in a glass overnight or in a moist

Peggy Townsend’s recent seedlings sprout from containers.

paper towel softens that shell and helps the seed germinate quicker.

Some seeds can also be started outdoors, Reelick said. For seeds that are started indoors, he recommended keeping them by a bright, sunny window with some plastic loosely over the top, to let air in while also returning moisture to the seeds.

Reelick said he also likes to use a seed starter with mycorrhizae, which he described as a beneficial, symbiotic root fungus that protects plants from other types of damaging fungus.

“You’re going to have a much stronger plant in the long run,” Reelick said regarding using mycorrhizae.

Once seeds are planted, Townsend said to keep them watered. At the first sight of sprouts, Townsend takes the plastic cover off her seedlings.

Then, when she sees two sets of leaves, she transplants them into little pots or a bigger container with good drainage. She keeps her indoor plants either on a south-facing win-

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dowsill or under lights. She said fluorescent lights “will do the trick” in an “inexpensive way,” or nurseries and other shops carry grow lights. The lights should stay three to five inches above the plants as they grow.

She keeps her lights on S-hooks using chains so she can control the height.

“You must have light. You must have some form of grow light,” Reelick said, adding that most people do not have enough light in their homes, so simulated light is the best option.

Reelick also noted that heat matters.

Plants grown at Hollandia Nurseries, he shared, are kept on heat trays that maintain a temperature of about 70 degrees, so if the greenhouse gets chilly, the roots of the plants stay warm.

Before moving plants outside, Townsend said, they need to be “hardened off.” That means plants need to be acclimated to the outdoors after being raised inside.

Townsend recommended hardening them

off about a week before planting them, first by moving them outdoors into the shade when temperatures reach 40 degrees or above.

They can be kept in the shade for about two days, then moved to dappled shade, then finally moved to full sun. Townsend warned to bring them back inside overnight if the temperatures drop or if there is harsher weather.

“You have to acclimate them to the wind, the rain, and the sun,” said Townsend. “If you don’t do that they will get scorched and not grow.”

Planting seeds is much more economical than buying plants, Townsend observed.

“I like doing it because you have more choice of the varieties, and I know they don’t have any GMO’s or poisons used,” said Townsend.

Easier seeds to plant for beginners include marigolds, zinnias, snapdragons, cucumbers, peppers, and zucchinis, according to Reelick.

Of course, for those who prefer less effort or who do not have the space to grow seedlings indoors, nurseries sell plants ready to be set into the ground outside.

“We always get the jump on planting things sooner,” Reelick shared.

When reached for seeding ideas, Sydney Eddison, a local author who has written seven books about gardening and four books of poetry, offered a “wild” approach.

“Why not try “eager self-sowing perennials?” She said plants that like some shade, bloom early in the season, and tolerate morning sun while not liking to “bake” include wood poppy, aka the celandine poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum), brunnera, hellebores, and Corydalis lutea, “a small, pretty plant with delicate foliage and little yellow flowers.”

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By Shannon Hicks Homeowners looking for guidance on ecologically sound landscaping practices should consider purchasing a copy of the recently published 40-page Earth-Friendly Gardening: One yard at a time.

The informative and readable guide was written by members of Protect Our Pollinators (POP), a Newtown-based group that advocates for sustainable gardening The locally based advocacy group Protect Our Pollinators has published Earth-Friendly Gardening: One yard at a time, a sturdy, handy 40-page guide to ecologically sound landscaping practices.

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methods to benefit native bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. These insects not only pollinate trees, flowers and vegetable gardens, but their caterpillars can also provide a critical food source for nesting birds and their young, POP members point out.

Topics include soil health, caring for fruit trees, conifers, and roses, rethinking lawn care and fall cleanup, organic vegetable gardening, selecting deer-resistant plants, choosing native perennials, and removing invasive species.

A closing feature by Dottie Evans, “Hummingbirds in the Garden,” celebrates the annual visits by ruby-throated hummingbirds. Evans includes personal reflections and shares a recipe to create a safe nectar that can entice the territorial birds to return to the same location for as many as 12 years.

Full-color photographs with each article help readers identify plants, flowers, shrubs, trees, beneficial insects, and garden pests as they are discussed.

POP member Marcia Chaloux did the design work for Earth-Friendly Gardening, creating easyto-follow pages filled with stories, photos, and graphics. CyberChrome in Branford handled the printing.

Mary Wilson, a founder of the group, calls pollinators “keystone species that support all kinds of other resources.” A full 75% of all food consumed by humans, she points out, is pollinated by bees, as are most plants

By not mowing a section of a yard, homeowners may by pleasantly surprised to see wildflowers previously not seen. That is one point made in “Lawns: Perspectives — Old and New,” an article within POP’s EarthFriendly Gardening.

in the ecosystem.

“Without them, our whole habitat and our ecosystem would look very different, and would not be very diverse” Wilson said March 18. “We need that diversity, and we need to keep things in balance. If you take something out of a system, then everything else is affected.”

Although the group’s focus is pollinators, Wilson said cleaner gardening “really supports everything else in the environment.

“It’s conserving what we have in nature, and what we like about living in Newtown,” she added. “If you are creating a habitat, or a space in your yard that is conducive for pollinators, you’re making space for other life. It’s going to be safe for you, your pets, even your well. It’s healthier and cleaner for everybody.”

Designed for handy reference, EarthFriendly Gardening follows a yearlong effort by POP members to research envi-

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The effort, says Wilson, can start in one’s own yard.

“Everybody’s gotta start somewhere,” she said. “The pollinators will find you.

“If you plant for them in your yard, they’ll find you, and hopefully a few doors down, they’ll have some too, and then you’re creating a pathway,” she said. “What we do in our yard affects the neighborhood, and the town, and beyond.”

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One easy step for homeowners is actually a non-step: Let nature take care of itself, says Wilson.

“Sometimes it’s OK to just leave things alone. People see plants with little holes in them and there may be enough beneficial insects in a garden that will take care of them.

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Pesticides can be expensive, and many are very harmful to pollinators — an entire page in Earth-Friendly Gardening is devoted to those. The spreadsheet offers readers the chemical name, trade name, and what each insect or plant killer or repellent is used for.

“Sometimes these pesticides can be pretty pricey,” Wilson pointed out. In an article called “Reasons to Go Pesticide Free” that is also part of Earth-Friendly Gardening, Wilson offers multiple reasons to take that route.

Going greener does not need to be expensive, she said. Making earth-friendly choices may require an initial outlay, but it will be worth it, Wilson says.

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CROMWELL — If you completed a home improvement project recently, you probably remember how difficult it was.

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Is Pre-Built A Better Alternative?

Home Construction Is Making More Room For Modulars

By Bill Gassett Are you considering building a modular home or buying one that’s already constructed? You are not alone.

Many folks are turning to modular homes as another housing choice. Cost-efficient and headache-free, a modular home can be a great option for homeowners who dream of owning their very own custom home but don’t want to go through the pains of managing architects and construction workers.

Modular homes are a great alternative for anyone who seeks a more manageable project. Here are some interesting facts about this type of home to help you decide whether a modular home could be your newest real estate purchase: What Is A Modular Home?

A modular home is built in an indoor factory setting and then transported to its new, permanent location, where a builder will fully assemble the home.

Modular homes are not mobile homes; they are just homes that have been built offsite. They are also known as factory-built or prefab homes.

How Do Modular Homes Differ From Homes Built On Site?

As prefabs are built indoors, they can be put together in a matter of weeks instead of months. The length of time required for a stick-built home usually depends on the weather. For prefabs, it is not an issue.

Modular homes must follow specific rules, guidelines, and building codes that typically do not apply to traditional on-site homes.

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Modular homes are moved once complete. They are typically built in a factory and will remain there until they have been fully built. They are then moved to the plot of land they’ll most likely spend the rest of their days on.

They are moved in parts and will need to be fully assembled before they can be inhabited. This is also when the home will be connected to its services and have its finishes completed. The most grueling part of the new construction process will already be have been completed, though — a big plus!

Financing for modular homes is the same as for traditional homes. Many people think that loans on this building type are different, perhaps even more expensive than traditional housing, but this is not the case.

It may be possible to arrange traditional mortgage financing if you’re buying from a modular home builder, or you can seek out your own construction loan if you plan to custom build your property. Many folks will get a land loan if they don’t plan to start their construction project right away.

As with any other housing project, you will be expected to have a down payment and an excellent credit score. Lenders will want proof that you are a good credit risk.

This infographic from the Modular Home Builders Association illustrates the process involved in completing a home construction process using this pre-built system versus more conventional methods.

No Longer Stigmatized

Years ago, modular homes were not looked upon favorably. They were considered to be of inferior construction by many in the building community and also by real estate agents. And back then, that may have held a grain of truth: It was not uncommon to see construction materials that were inferior to their stick-built counterparts.

There was minimal variety in construction, and it was often easy to identify a modular home. Many of them had shallowpitched roofs, and there was very little creativity involved.

This is certainly no longer the case. In fact, some modular homes are built better and with better materials than traditional new construction.

Modular homes are like any real estate you can purchase on the market, meaning that they do not depreciate in value just because they are modular homes. Of course, their value fluctuates depending on the state of the market just as a traditional property would. They are seen as a permanent struc-

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Modular homes can be customized to your liking — everything from the number of bedrooms and bathrooms to your aesthetic choices. Just about anything can be changed to how you like it — at a price of course.

Because of this, no two homes are the same. Many modular homes are now unique by design, having been put together from their owner’s imagination. With more people taking advantage of modular homes on today’s market, owners are bound to have a one-of-a-kind look and not the cookie-cutter designs of years past.

Taxes Are Similar

One of the main misconceptions of prefab housing is that they are taxed differently; as discussed previously, they are considered to be like any other personal real estate and they are taxed the same.

Do not expect to see any discounts on the taxes you pay.

Ideally, if you are looking for your own modular home, shop around. It may take you some time to find a modular home that suits you and your family, and there can be wide disparities in quality and price.

Just as when you purchasing anything else — especially when you’re spending a big chunk of money — you should always do your research. One modular home company can be better than the next, just like one custom home builder might be better than the competition. Look into the company as well as its methods.

Buying a modular home today is a viable option that’s worth considering. When doing your research, remember that today’s modular homes are much different from those built in previous decades. Like any other house, plan on doing a home inspection with a qualified professional to ensure there are no significant issues.

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Considering A New Coat Of Paint?

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Pantone, the global color authority and provider of professional color language standards and digital solutions for the design community, announced in January that 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and 13-0647 Illuminating are the 2021 Pantone Color of the Year selections.

To arrive at the selection each year, color experts at the Pantone Color Institute comb the world looking for new color influences. This can include the entertainment industry and films in production, traveling art collections and new artists, fashion, all areas of design, popular travel destinations, as well as new lifestyles, playstyles, and socioeconomic conditions.

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