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Finger nails and gardening

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Astitchintime Tue 21-Jul-26 12:16:58

I cannot remember if I’ve posted this before so here goes…….my finger nails always get really grubby when I’m gardening, even wearing gloves! Now, I keep a bar of soap in the shed/greenhouse and just before I start the gardening I scratch the soap to get deposits down my nails. When I come to wash my hands afterward I have really clean finger nails!

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Gwyllt Tue 21-Jul-26 14:02:22

I’m a gardener who keeps nails short. Even so could not bring myself to scrape them on a bar of soap even if it was quite soft

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BlueBelle Tue 21-Jul-26 14:14:58

Oh the thought of walking around with soap scrapings under my nails is cringy I just give them a good scrub with a nail brush after I get home

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Silvergirl Tue 21-Jul-26 14:17:37

This sounds like a great idea. I will be trying it next time.

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valdali Tue 21-Jul-26 14:19:58

My MiL always did this - I don't have bar soap any more but I do have "garden nails".

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Baggs Tue 21-Jul-26 14:59:17

I tried this some years ago. I didn't like the feeling of "stuff under my nails". I find a good hand wash, nails scrubbed with a brush, and a nail file applied as a "spade" works fine.

Short nails help too: less dirt goes in, less to excavate 🙂

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Astitchintime Tue 21-Jul-26 16:07:18

Just to enlarge…..my nails are short, the soap is best used when hard and dry and you only need a little soap, not great lumps of soap scrapings…..believe me the tiniest bit works! Yes, I still use a nail brush when handwashing but the dirt just lifts away.

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