While gloves are the obvious solution to clean hands while gardening, they can be clunky, get in the way and are not always the best choice when dealing with delicate seeds or fine roots that need to be handled directly. Maintaining clean nails and fingers while working in the garden requires a bit of extra tender loving care but is entirely possible.
Start by keeping your nails short, neatly trimmed and not too long or cracked to make them less likely to snag. Moisturize your hands with a thick hand cream (ideally petroleum jelly) before you head out to the garden and scrub up dirt afterward with a soft nail brush to avoid any lingering grime.
Finally, scratch your fingernails across a dry bar of soap right before you work in the garden. The scratches block the dirt from getting underneath your nails and will easily dissolve when you wash your hands later, making it easier to scrub away any remaining gunk.
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