SPONSORED POST – Just in time for the holidays, the folks at Fields & Lane are sponsoring a special giveaway of two pairs of high quality leather gloves for Seasonal Wisdom readers. It’s easy to enter. But hurry, you only have a few days to win. Photo copyright Kevin O’Connor.
Forester leather gloves. Photo copyright Kevin O'Connor.
Soft, flexible and naturally water-resistant, Fields & Lane gloves are ideal for gardening, working outdoors or just keeping warm in winter. The attractive gloves are made from soft goat leather, which unlike other leathers won’t crack or get hard when wet. So, go ahead and put them to work. These gloves can take it.
A flex line across the back keeps the gloves flexible. Photo copyright Kevin O'Connor.
I was recently sent a pair of Fields & Lane Forester gloves (valued at $27) to review. I particularly liked the way these durable leather gloves stood up to water, as I always get my hands wet and dirty in the garden. Most leather gets stiff and starts to crack when exposed to water, unfortunately. But goat leather surprisingly doesn’t.
The Forester gloves are lined inside for comfort, and feature a convenient flex-line across the back so the leather gloves remain flexible and agile when in use. A tapered wrist helps keep garden soil out, so your hands stay cleaner.
Personally, I’d love to see these well-made leather gloves available in a broader range of colors, but the tan and blue colors should age well and hide the dirt better than others might.
Goat skin gloves are soft, flexible and water resistant. Photo copyright Kevin O'Connor.
Fair Trade Gloves: It’s great when a product performs well, but it also matters how a product is made. Fields & Lane is based in Willamette, Oregon and sources all the materials for its gloves in the United States. The gloves themselves, however, are assembled in a fair trade factory in San Isidro, Costa Rico. Considered a “choice employer” in the region, the factory provides fair wages, weekly incentives, company parties and an employee credit unit.
Fields & Lane has long supported kids with special needs. Photo copyright Fields & Lane.
The Laughlin family, who owns Fields & Lane, has had strong ties to this area since 1992. Before starting a factory in Costa Rica, they helped build La Escuela de Enseñanza Especial, a public school for children with special needs. The company continues to support two San Isidro homes for community members with special needs, and is an active supporter of special needs children in the United States.
This corporate philanthropy is considered an important value at Fields & Lane, and was inspired by the Laughlins’ daughter who had cerebral palsy. “She gave us a vision,” explains owner Bob Laughlin about his daughter. “She taught us to see what some people think of as a difficult situation as an opportunity.”
A pair of Forester gloves for men or women is included in the prize. Photo copyright Fields & Lane.
The Fields & Lane Prize Package: One lucky Seasonal Wisdom reader will win 2 pairs of gloves, including 1 pair of Forester gloves (valued at $27; men’s and women’s sizes available) shown above … AND 1 pair of Wave gloves (valued at $29.35; only women’s sizes) shown below. Keep one pair for yourself, and give the other as a holiday gift. These gloves are a terrific stocking stuffer.
The prize also includes a pair of leather Wave gloves for women. Photo copyright Fields & Lane.
How To Enter: It’s easy to enter this giveaway for two pairs of Fields & Lane gloves. Just do the following before midnight on December 5, 2011:
1) Leave a comment below about why you want these gloves. Want to save your nails? Need leather gloves that stand up to water? Have a special someone who could benefit from a pair? Whatever the reason, we want to hear it. We also welcome good tips for keeping hands looking great during the gardening season.
For an additional entry …
2) Head over to the Fields & Lane Facebook page and sign up for the company’s newsletter. Then come back and leave a comment below letting me know.
More Details: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER, AND A WINNER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST, AND CHECK BACK FOR MORE FUN GIVEAWAYS IN 2012.
The winner will be chosen at random by Dec. 7, 2011 and contacted within 24 hours. If the proposed winner forfeits or does not claim the prize by Dec. 12, 2011, the prize will be re-awarded based on the sponsor’s sole discretion. All prizes will be awarded. Please provide your name and email to enter this contest, so I can contact you promptly if you win. The winner agrees to allow his/her first name to be mentioned in conjunction with this giveaway.
The number of eligible entries will determine the odds of winning. This giveaway is limited to U.S. residents only, who are over the age of 18 years old. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN. This sweepstakes is VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. By entering this giveaway, you are agreeing to these conditions.
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post, and product and compensation were provided. However, all expressed opinions are my own.
Please be sure to enter this giveaway before midnight on Dec. 5, 2011. Good luck everyone!
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I am always ripping through gloves so it would great to try them! I am always looking for new (and improved!) gloves.
I know just what you mean, Kim. I’m always ripping gloves too. Good luck in the drawing. Teresa
I am a want-to-be gardner and just picked up an inexpensive pair — not smart! Thorns still got through, they didn’t hold shape well and not easy to clean. A good pair of gloves would be great for this future master gardner!
Rebecca, good for you for wanting to become a gardener! Best of luck in this giveaway, and thanks for visiting. Teresa
We both love to get our hands dirty gardening sometimes right up until time to go to work… but my Girlfriend’s a Nurse and her hands need stay clean and in good condition for her patients. These gloves would be wonderful for that!
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John, these gloves are pretty durable. They should be able to keep your hands in good shape. Thanks for entering, and good luck! Teresa
I could have used gloves like these today! I went outside to cover my plants, and my hands were freezing in my normal, summer weight gloves! What a great item!
Thanks for entering, Stephanie. Good luck to you!
Hi Teresa! These gloves look and sound durable, which is something hands and fingernails would love. Often times I don’t wear gloves because they’re uncomfortable so I’d like to give these a try.
Nicky: I know what you mean, and then my hands become a wreck! Now I keep a pair of these gloves by the door, so I don’t forget to put them on in the garden. Good luck in the giveaway! Teresa
Keeping the gloves by the door is a great tip!
Also, I liked Fields & Lane’s Facebook page and signed up for their newsletter
I’d love to have a really nice, sturdy pair of gloves for gardening and lawn work– the only gloves I’ve found so far that both fit my stubby little fingers AND are budget-friendly are cloth. Keeping my fingers crossed for a chance at these!
Thanks for entering this giveaway. Good luck! Teresa
I do need a good pair of gardening gloves that are warm and durable.
These are warm and durable, Jennie. Best of luck to you!
I go through about two pairs of gloves each year, and so these would be put to good use. Like any good gardener, these gloves look like they can stand some hard work and a bit of mud, so I’d be proud to own a pair.
Thanks Susan. I put my pair through a hard test on Sunday, and they survived admirably. Good luck to you!
I have smaller hands and standard-size gloves are hard to work in, so I take them off. I’d give the second pair away. To whom I haven’t decided, but I’ve got a few ideas.
…Tip: I don’t have the girliest of hands, but baby oil keeps them soft year-round.
And I signed up for the Fields and Lane Newsletter.
Kristin, thanks for entering and for signing up for the newsletter. Good luck to you! Teresa
leather gloves would be great for gardening, picking up litter and other outdoor work. I have to protect my arm from infection since I lost some lymph nodes a while back so I have to protect my hands when doing outdoor work.
Lynn, These gloves would be good for all those chores. Good luck!
I am a budding green thumb and eager to begin my new passion!
Erica, always glad to support new gardeners. Good luck in the drawing!
I’d love to win the gloves because I am currently unemployed and I’m filling my time volunteering 8-16 hours a week at the New York Botanical Gardens to gain volunteer hours so I can take classes to eventually earn my horticulture certificate! We’re getting into winter here in New York so it would be nice to have leather gloves to work outdoors instead of my one-sided rubber knit gloves. I have small hands and the women’s leather gloves might be a good fit. Thanks!
Vella, Best of luck to you in this drawing … and in your volunteer work at the NY Botanical Gardens. Hope you find a job soon, and enjoy your classes for your horticulture certificate. Teresa
Just want to let you know, I signed up for Fields & Lane company’s newsletter. Hoping for a 2nd chance… Thanks!
Thanks, Vella. Good luck!
I’d like them to give to my hubby so he keeps helping me in the garden!!
Stevie, excellent idea. Good luck! Teresa
Boy, would these gloves come in handy at my new home! I have all sorts of indeas for beautiful landscaping and all sorts of plants in pots to get into the ground and soon! Thank’s for the opportunity to try out a good gardening glove as I am pretty hard on them!
All the best, Laurie. Thanks for stopping by, and good luck!
While I would love to have these gloves for myself (to encourage me to actually create and maintain a balcony garden), I really want to be able to give them to my little sister. She and her hubby just bought their second home, one with property and gardens and trees that need to be cut down. She’s been doing a lot of gardening, and she’s so great at keeping her own herb gardens and veggie gardens, as well as the flower gardens we grew up loving through our grandmother.
That’s wonderful, Angeles. Thanks for sharing your story, entering this drawing and signing up for the newsletter. Good luck! Teresa
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Always looking for a good pair of gloves that keep my hands warm when doing morning chores, but still allow flexibility to get the jobs done. Keeping my hands dry when filling up animal water would be a dream come true!
These are quite flexible and durable, Stephanie. Thanks for entering and good luck!
I would LOVE to win those!
May all your gardens grow,
Jan
Good luck, Jan. Thanks for stopping by. Teresa
When blind folks do rough work its especially important to protect their hands, for their hands are often their eyes. I am a person who is blind, and when working in the soil or the woodpile, I use gloves until they’re used up. My dad always had goatskin or deerskin gloves, I’d love to try a pair and have a wonderful woman to whom I’d love to present the women’s gloves.
Steve, Thanks for entering this giveaway and sharing your story. Good luck!
Signed up for the newsletter. There’s nothing worse than a pair of cold, so stiff they’re almost brittle gloves, especially in the Wintertime, when the hands seem to be more sensitive. Having a pair that kept their flex would certainly make outdoor chores easier. Thanks, Teresa, for the chance to win these. ~ @SolakNC
Tom, thanks for entering and signing up for the newsletter. Good luck in the giveaway! Teresa
I spend a lot of time writing about motorcycle gloves…now I have found a pair of gloves for my second passion…gardening!
Thanks, Ian. Good luck to you! Teresa
I have a 2,000 prairie garden and I’ve wanted leather gloves forever. So much out there, muck and pricklers and snakes. Help!
Wow Benjamin. I can’t believe you have such a large garden. Well, these gloves would come in handy. Good luck in the drawing! Teresa
Hi Teresa,
I am a Master Gardener in Louisiana and with all the horrid bugs, think fire ants, I would greatly benefit from these gloves. Thanks for all the great info you provide. So proud of you!
Thanks, Mary! Good luck in the giveaway and with your Master Gardening program… Teresa
Halleluiah! Sturdy garden gloves! I need a pair of these gloves because I demolish every pair of gloves I’m ever given in one season. And I’m also very sensitive to poison ivy/oak/sumac so as my gloves wear, the poisoned plant seeps its nasty oils into the holes in my gloves and I’m itching for weeks. I also believe getting kids outside to play in the dirt is so important, so I grab my gloves and get outside a lot to share gardening fun all year long with my kids and others who I can inspire. Please save me – and my mother-in-law, an avid gardener and just retired high school teacher (who I’d give the other pair to) – from garden chaos with some new and sturdy garden gloves!
Hi Nicole: I’m pretty hard on gloves, so I know just what you mean. Good luck and thanks for entering. Teresa
Also signed up for your newsletter! So excited to receive my first copy!
Thanks, Nicole, for signing up. I’ve made a note of it. Teresa
I would love these for myself and for my husband. I do a lot of gardening and the leather gloves that I first got are now stiff from water. I have been using the nitrile ones and they are great, except your hands end up getting wet. These look like they would be great to wear doing multiple tasks. My husband needs a good pair of gloves for all of the tree trimming, wood cutting, etc. Thanks!
Thanks, Kristin. All the best and good luck!
Living in the woods and gardening in our open space have made wearing gloves an absolute necessity. But, my stack of gloves in our mudroom consists of those too large, too small, too heavy, and too small from shrinkage. I have arthritis in my hands so must wear gloves. I’d love to find the perfect glove and share that find with my husband who uses them even more than I. Even if I don’t win, I think Santa might be up to providing a couple of pairs. Good luck everyone.
Lindsay, my garden shed looks the same way — too many unused, ragged old garden gloves. Personally, I really like the way these gloves stay flexible, even when wet. Good luck and thanks for entering. Teresa
I am a potter as well as a gardener, so my hands are always getting dry and abused. I haven’t found the perfect gloves, yet, though the nitrile ones work pretty well. I would love to try a pair of these gloves!
Thanks so much, Claudia. Good luck to you! Teresa
I go through so many pairs of gloves working in a small nursery here in Vermont. It would be great to win these, they sound so durable and comfortable!
Amy, They really are quite comfortable, especially for being leather gloves. Good luck in the giveaway. Hope to see you again. Teresa
I like the looks of the gloves and what I read and hear they are great, so I would love to try a pair annd also give on to a dear friend.
Thank you
Pat, It’s always good to share with a “dear friend.” Best of luck to you and thanks for entering. Teresa
What nice gloves! I’d love a pair
Thanks, Liza. Good luck!
We have a huge garden and I do lots of canning, freezing and drying each year. By the end of the season, my hands are a mess.
I (and my hands) would love to win these gloves.
Janet, Good for you for preserving so much of your own homegrown food! Good luck in the giveaway, and thanks for stopping by. Teresa
i would love to win these for my husband – he works so hard to make our house look nice
Meredith: Your husband sounds like a real “keeper.” Good for you, and best of luck in the giveaway. Teresa
Thank you for highlighting the Laughlin’s story regarding their daughter with cerebral palsy and their philanthropy. Very inspiring people. I would like to win their gloves and watch their business grow to do more good works.
Carolyn, thanks for your message! Good luck in the giveaway. Teresa
Thanks, Nicky!
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