[Ag-eq] accessible gardening web sites

[pajohns1 at vt.edu]

Nella,

        Take a look at The You Bet Your Garden web site, they have some 
excellent advice on rehabing fruit trees after a period of neglect.

Patrick
@Virginia Tech

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nella Foster" <nfoster at extremezone.com>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] accessible gardening web sites


>
> It is so good to see so much activity on the list after months of nothing!
>
> I just purchased an older home, which has several citrus trees and a fig 
> tree in the yard.  I know nothing about trees; does anyone have 
> suggestions?
>
> The trees are older and have been neglected for several years.  I had all 
> the dead parts cut out and have been watering.  Should I fertilize, and if 
> so, with what?
>
> I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Nella
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> From: <pajohns1 at vt.edu>
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> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:14 AM
> Subject: [Ag-eq] accessible gardening web sites
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>
>>
>>        I'm glad to see a surge of traffic on the list.  A question for 
>> the gardeners among you. which gardening web sites have you found to be 
>> easily accessible with screen readers?  I've found two that are fairly 
>> easy to navigate.
>>
>> *You Bet Your Garden http://www.gardensalive.com/
>> He also has an excellent searchable database of questions and answers at 
>> http://www.gardensalive.com/article_mcgrath.asp?ai=4&bhcd2=1233320585
>> *National Arbor Day Foundation http://www.arborday.org/index.cfm
>> The Arbor Day is more of a source of trees and shrubs, but I've found 
>> them fairly easy to navigate.
>>
>> Patrick
>> @Virginia Tech
>>
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>> From: "The Crowd" <the_crowd at cox.net>
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>>> You can get some herb kits. I bought mine at Walmart. It has the little 
>>> bit of earth the seeds and a plastic container to start.
>>>
>>> In my other place I got an aquarium, only 10 gallons and had a wild herb 
>>> garden. I just put in soil and seeds and wow did it ever just go mad!
>>>
>>> I put them in quadrens.
>>>
>>> My kids used to pick the parsley and just eat it.
>>>
>>> Atty
>>>
>>> Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.
>>>
>>> Life is short ...forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly,
>>> laugh uncontrollably...
>>> and never regret anything that made you smile
>>>
>>> "Qui docet, discit."
>>> "He who teaches, learns"
>>>
>>> I have learned that people will forget what you said,
>>> people will forget what you did,
>>> but people will never forget how you made them feel.
>>> Maya Angelou
>>>
>>>
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