Stephen Henning wrote:
While in the UK and visiting the Chelsea Flower Show, I discovered
something that I have been looking for unsuccessfully for a while. Long
gloves to use in the spring when bringing up the plants I sent on the
bottom of the pond the previous fall. I have been using a set of
industrial gloves that are fairly long but wanted a longer pair.

At the Chelsea flower show they had lots of "pond gloves" which sold for
from $5 to $20. I normally wear a 32" shirt sleeve and these gloves
cover my entire arm.

A google search for "pond gloves" turned up a number of sources.

The ones I got a

http://www.worldofwater.com/gloves.htm

and

http://www.gardening-emporium.co.uk/...products_id=47

and

http://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/Bra...t/product.asp?
prod=CSGL&cookie%5Ftest=1

I haven't used any of them yet.

After trying long plastic disposable gloves, I decided to give up on
staying dry. My DW found me a pair that look like wet-suit gloves --
you go ahead and get wet, but the water in them quickly warms to body
temp and keeps your fingers from freezing. I also wear my ancient
"grubby" winter jacket, and hip waders. That generally keeps me
adequately warm, even in ice water.

Of course, at the moment that's not even remotely a concern ;-).

-- Kizhe