I always wear gloves because I have hand skin problems. Have all sorts of knee protection too. The sides of some of the boxes are too low, so I just sit on the edge. I'm slender, so that's not a problem. I've been known to kneel on the grass too. But in the back it's all bark around the boxes so the pads come out and I just go to work. The rabbits came in last night and nipped "Cowboy Blues" down to 1/2" again. We put a plastic fence up late this afternoon with gusty winds and cool temps. It should keep them "pesky wabbits" out of there. I'm feels so much sympathy for Elmer Fudd. He had more problems with the rabbits than I do. But not by much! They again eat the radishes but not the carrots because the new foliage of the carrots is so fine they probably didn't even see it!