As the garden sets into its winter slumber many gardeners retire to the fireside preferring the warmth of the home to the cool of the garden. The gardening day is shortening and the weather is less and less conducive to gardening in earnest without an added layer of warmth protection and some thick and preferably waterproof gloves, only an hour or two can be endured at a time.
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For those with the benefit of a greenhouse or even a garden potting shed, the extra protection afforded to the plants can also boost the time even a hardy gardener may spend outdoors. And while time spent in the glasshouse may not be regarded by some as outdoors, it still counts if you are gardening.