{"id":129,"date":"2017-01-24T11:59:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T11:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2017-01-24T11:59:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T11:59:23","slug":"always-wear-gloves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/always-wear-gloves\/","title":{"rendered":"Always wear gloves"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-130\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/UseGloves-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stop, don&#8217;t straighten those pots! Get some gloves, lady!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is the best way to protect yourself from the nasty sting of a <em>Solenopsis invicta<\/em> (fire ant)?\u00a0 Wear gloves.\u00a0 Many of us wear gloves when we are gardening.\u00a0 Of course!\u00a0 Thorns and slivers and blisters all compel us to wear gloves, especially folks like me with soft office hands.\u00a0 So, on a typical day of gardening out in the yard I will be wearing gloves.\u00a0 But the danger lurks when we <strong>are not<\/strong> gardening.\u00a0 When you are enjoying your yard or doing something else and you see just a *little* thing that needs a spruce up.\u00a0 Oh, just pull that weed, straighten that pile, pick up those empty pots.\u00a0 This is where they will get you!\u00a0 Ants love to set up shop in neglected areas and if you reach in bare handed the ants will make their presence known. \u00a0So enjoy your garden, treat it with respect, and wear gloves.\u00a0 All the time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have not been stung through clothing or gloves so I believe that they provide sufficient protection from ant bites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What is the best way to protect yourself from the nasty sting of a Solenopsis invicta (fire ant)?\u00a0 Wear gloves.\u00a0 Many of us wear gloves when we are gardening.\u00a0 Of course!\u00a0 Thorns and slivers and blisters all compel us to wear gloves, especially folks like me with soft office hands.\u00a0 So, on a typical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}