[Ag-eq] Ag-eq Digest, Vol 75, Issue 8
Kendra Schaber
Baltimore777 at comcast.net
Wed Oct 10 17:17:11 UTC 2012
Hi Susan, have you ever thought of writing a book? I think that all of us
gardeners and our fellow farmers would love to add another book to our home
libraries.
Kendra
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> Hi all, someone asked whether blind people can keep a garden? My answer is
> a
> firm "Yes!". I have gardened at Sunnyside Organics for a year and a half,
> did a year at Bush Park while I was a student at the Oregon School for the
> Blind, pulled ivy off of trees for six Saturday's when I was a student at
> Oregon City High School, did a few vollunteer days at Chemeketa Community
> College that envolved gardening and I have had a number of small plants on
> my small balkomy. I still have a number of small plants on my balkomy. I
> have also followed the weather in Oregon for years and I have gazed at
> daffodils since I was nine years old. I am not counting the many pumkpins
> that I have harvisted nor the few apples that I have ever picked nor the
> zillion black barries that I have picked nor the few strawberries and
> raspbarries that I have picked and eaten nor even the two sun flowers that
> have survived a summer with little care which also got its seeds harvisted
> and they were wonderful to eat! I could go to town on techniques on how to
> plant seeds and grow different plants. Some plants I know a lot better
> than
> others. For example, I could tell you all about how to grow a daffodil but
> I
> know very little about how to grow an onyon. In order to help you out in
> the
> best way, I have a list of questions to point me in the direction that you
> are headed in your gardening persuits.
> What are you looking to get out of gardening as a blind person?
> Are you planting your seeds in a pot or in the ground? What kinds of
> plants
> are you trying to grow?
> What time of day is the sunlight hitting your garden? Also, what kind of
> weather are you dealing with?
> Are you growing anything inside of a house and/or a greenhouse?
> What kind of climate that you are living in with your garden? States are
> fine by me.
> Are you looking at learning gardening tules or just gardening techniques?
> Are you looking at growing from seeds or bolbs?
> Do you have all of your plants in pots or the ground?
> Are you interested in learning how to start a plant before moving it to a
> bigger pot or the ground?
> If you are transplanting from a pot, what size is that pot?
> Finally, are you growing organically?
> I am an organic gardener who has Rettinopathy of Premiturity and have been
> blind my whole life. I have some vition but it comes and goes with the
> glare
> of the lighting. I work best by feeling the plants that I am working with.
> I
> can get you going on some very general information. Each plant is a bit
> different. Some plants like tomatoes and peppers grow in warmer weather.
> Other plants like spinnach and kale grow in colder weather. Some seeds
> such
> as brocholi get planted in the fall while other seeds such as sunflowers
> get
> planted in the spring time. The same goes for different bolbs although
> most
> bolbs like daffodils and tolups have to be planted in the fall. When you
> do
> plant a bolb, the point always points tward the sky while all roots no
> matter what plant they come from always get pointed down tward the ground.
> Other factors like indian summers and sprinters or winter like springs are
> also factors to concider when you are growing any plant. Last year for
> instance, even the news has told gardeners of all levels to start their
> summer vegetables during Father's Day weekend instead of Mother's Day
> weekend because it was a winter like spring. On the other hand, this year,
> every gardener has had to water their plants until this Friday when the
> rain
> finally returns because of a wonderful Indian summer. The harvist was the
> best one that I have seen in years! This year, I have harvisted kale,
> thyme,
> zukini, grass, mint, patatoes and tomatoes. There are different techniques
> for each plant that I have harvisted. The same goes with the size of pot
> that you are working with. Different tules have different techniques as
> well. I can say the same for the watering tules that you might be still
> using depending on whether or not you are still under the Indian summer. I
> know more about how to keep the pests away than taking out the pests once
> they come with the exception of the weeds since I have pulled more weeds
> than I can count. Feel free to let me know where best to point you. I'm
> happy to help you out!
> Kendra
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>> 3. Re: hi all! I am Shreyas from India (Michelle Creedy)
>> 4. Re: horse training (Michelle Creedy)
>> 5. Re: Catching Up (Susan Roe)
>> 6. Re: Catching Up (nfoster at extremezone.com)
>> 7. Re: horse training (nfoster at extremezone.com)
>> 8. Re: hi all! I am Shreyas from India (Shreyas N Reddy)
>> 9. canning (Liz Lewis)
>> 10. Susan's story (Liz Lewis)
>> 11. Re: Catching Up (Jody Ianuzzi)
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>> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:12:45 -0700
>> From: nfoster at extremezone.com
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] hi all! I am Shreyas from India
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>> Shreyas:
>>
>> There are a lot of blind gardeners out there, so it can be done.
>>
>> Some of the members have already given you some great ideas.
>>
>> I like to start my seeds in pots and then move the small plants into the
>> garden.
>> I grow most of my herbs and some of my tomatos in large pots. I also
>> have
>> several large raised beds. I find it easier to manage the plants this
>> way
>> and
>> it's easier on my back!
>>
>> I've also use Jody's technique and marked rows with posts and string.
>> I've also
>> planted along fences, side walks and the house, so I could easily find my
>> row of
>> plants. The important thing is to be organized. It is easy to tell most
>> plants
>> from weeds once you learn the difference. Often when I plant a new
>> vegetable or
>> flower I'll buy the plant first. This way I can learn to recognize it
>> and
>> the
>> next time I purchase seeds.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Shreyas N Reddy <n.shreyas.reddy at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> thank u all for your welcome
>>> well, can a blind do this gardening, agriculture work etc?
>>> Could any one please throw some light on this?
>>> I have no idea & if my question is repeating please forgive me members
>>>
>>> On 10/8/12, nfoster at extremezone.com <nfoster at extremezone.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Welcome Shreyas:
>>> >
>>> > I think it's exciting that you found us!
>>> >
>>> > I hope you will post often and let us know about your studies.
>>> >
>>> > Take care.
>>> >
>>> > Nella
>>> > Quoting Shreyas N Reddy <n.shreyas.reddy at gmail.com>:
>>> >
>>> >> Well, I got subscribed to this list long time back but I didn't
>>> >> introduce my self.
>>> >> I am sorry for that & I am giving some intro about me but before that
>>> >> Hoping that u all will accept me although I am not from U S but I am
>>> >> from India which is a developing country. Please, won't u all?
>>> >> I request
>>> >> Well, this is small introduction about me
>>> >> I am Shreyas, who is doing 11th grade from I G C S E syllabus.
>>> >> Infact,
>>> >> this is not 11th grade but A S level & my institution is an
>>> >> affiliation of U K Cambridge University.
>>> >> So, I am having an impairment called R P
>>> >> So, I had sight before but how ever I have now lost my sight but this
>>> >> is not an exception for my growth nor for the education.
>>> >> This is it about me
>>> >> Please do accept me & I am very interested to listen & get some
>>> >> information about agriculture so I got subscribed to this mailing
>>> >> list.
>>> >> How ever, my ambition is not to become agriculturist but to develope
>>> >> agriculture & contribute my self to it
>>> >>
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>> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:44:10 -0700
>> From: nfoster at extremezone.com
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] books
>> Message-ID: <1349718250.507310ea9fb7a at webmail.extremezone.com>
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>>
>> I down loaded Animal Vegetable Miricle; I love Barbara Kinsolver, so am
>> sure I
>> will enjoy the book.
>>
>> Here is information on the horse and riding book I mentioned in an
>> earlier
>> post.
>>
>> The Horse Rider's Handbook
>> Mortimer, Monty. Read by Randy Atcher. Reading time 4 hours 56 minutes.
>> Sports and Recreation
>> The author, a competitor and trainer, covers both the psychology and
>> physiology
>> of the horse because he feels the reader must understand both in order to
>> become a good rider with a well-trained horse. Beginning with the
>> handling
>> of
>> the foal, the author covers the training of the young horse, as well as
>> preparation for competition jumping, competition dressage, and
>> cross-country
>> riding.
>>
>> As I said before I found it to be a little dry and hard to get into, but
>> there
>> is some useful information.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>> Quoting Liz Lewis <liz4jesus at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Animal Vegetable Miracle is a great book about living on local foods.
>>> It
>>> has recipes and chapters on raising turkeys which is hilarious! It
>>> is a
>>> great read and is on NLS.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> nfoster at extremezone.com
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:32 PM
>>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
>>> Subject: [Ag-eq] books
>>>
>>> It seems as if most of us are familiar with Barnyard in Your Backyard,
>>> which
>>> made me wonder about other books.
>>>
>>> Does anyone recommend other books?
>>>
>>> If so, where did you find them and are they accessable?
>>>
>>> I read a book call "Keeping Chickens" which is also in the NLS
>>> collection.
>>> It was pretty good and written for people who want to keep chickens in
>>> the
>>> city.
>>>
>>> I would love to hear about books that people have found to be useful.
>>>
>>> Nella
>>> Quoting Jody Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:
>>>
>>> > Hi Nella,
>>> >
>>> > Oh I think reading your own horses is a lot easier then approaching an
>>> > unknown horse.
>>> >
>>> > How would your describe your method?
>>> >
>>> > JODY
>>> >
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>> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 18:26:10 -0700
>> From: Michelle Creedy <michelle.creedy at gmail.com>
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] hi all! I am Shreyas from India
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>> Welcome Shreyas! I'm sure you will get lots of information from this
>> list!
>>
>> Michelle
>>
>>
>> On 10/8/12, nfoster at extremezone.com <nfoster at extremezone.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Shreyas:
>>>
>>> There are a lot of blind gardeners out there, so it can be done.
>>>
>>> Some of the members have already given you some great ideas.
>>>
>>> I like to start my seeds in pots and then move the small plants into the
>>> garden.
>>> I grow most of my herbs and some of my tomatos in large pots. I also
>>> have
>>> several large raised beds. I find it easier to manage the plants this
>>> way
>>> and
>>> it's easier on my back!
>>>
>>> I've also use Jody's technique and marked rows with posts and string.
>>> I've
>>> also
>>> planted along fences, side walks and the house, so I could easily find
>>> my
>>> row of
>>> plants. The important thing is to be organized. It is easy to tell
>>> most
>>> plants
>>> from weeds once you learn the difference. Often when I plant a new
>>> vegetable or
>>> flower I'll buy the plant first. This way I can learn to recognize it
>>> and
>>> the
>>> next time I purchase seeds.
>>>
>>> Nella
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Shreyas N Reddy <n.shreyas.reddy at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> thank u all for your welcome
>>>> well, can a blind do this gardening, agriculture work etc?
>>>> Could any one please throw some light on this?
>>>> I have no idea & if my question is repeating please forgive me members
>>>>
>>>> On 10/8/12, nfoster at extremezone.com <nfoster at extremezone.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Welcome Shreyas:
>>>> >
>>>> > I think it's exciting that you found us!
>>>> >
>>>> > I hope you will post often and let us know about your studies.
>>>> >
>>>> > Take care.
>>>> >
>>>> > Nella
>>>> > Quoting Shreyas N Reddy <n.shreyas.reddy at gmail.com>:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Well, I got subscribed to this list long time back but I didn't
>>>> >> introduce my self.
>>>> >> I am sorry for that & I am giving some intro about me but before
>>>> >> that
>>>> >> Hoping that u all will accept me although I am not from U S but I am
>>>> >> from India which is a developing country. Please, won't u all?
>>>> >> I request
>>>> >> Well, this is small introduction about me
>>>> >> I am Shreyas, who is doing 11th grade from I G C S E syllabus.
>>>> >> Infact,
>>>> >> this is not 11th grade but A S level & my institution is an
>>>> >> affiliation of U K Cambridge University.
>>>> >> So, I am having an impairment called R P
>>>> >> So, I had sight before but how ever I have now lost my sight but
>>>> >> this
>>>> >> is not an exception for my growth nor for the education.
>>>> >> This is it about me
>>>> >> Please do accept me & I am very interested to listen & get some
>>>> >> information about agriculture so I got subscribed to this mailing
>>>> >> list.
>>>> >> How ever, my ambition is not to become agriculturist but to develope
>>>> >> agriculture & contribute my self to it
>>>> >>
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>>>> --
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>>>> Shreyas Nagaraj Reddy
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 18:28:06 -0700
>> From: Michelle Creedy <michelle.creedy at gmail.com>
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] horse training
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>> Wow, that's awesome!
>>
>> On 10/8/12, nfoster at extremezone.com <nfoster at extremezone.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Jody:
>>>
>>> I don't give my horses any special supplements. They always have a salt
>>> block
>>> and a mineral block, but that is all. Jack the old mule is on some
>>> joint
>>> supplements, but nothing especially for the hooves. They eat Bermuda
>>> hay,
>>> Timothy hay and a timy bit of alfalfa. I also soak pellets, beet pulp
>>> and
>>> oats
>>> for them. I soak the food because Jack has 4 missing teeth and his
>>> remaining
>>> teeth are very worn. Cruiser was injured in a trailer several years ago
>>> and
>>> has some paralysis in his jaw. He cannot eat hay efficiently enough for
>>> it
>>> to
>>> be his whole diet. They seem to get everything they need and are very
>>> healthy.
>>>
>>> The boots that I use, are used for protection from rocks and hard
>>> ground.
>>> I
>>> believe there are some boots designed especially to protect the hooves
>>> from
>>> hitting each other.
>>>
>>> I used Old Mack boots on the mules, I don't think they make the style I
>>> have
>>> any
>>> more. I can't remember which ones I have for Cruiser. As I said before
>>> I've
>>> never had to use his.
>>>
>>> Nella
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Jody Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hi Nella,
>>>>
>>>> I have heard that mineral supplements are very important if you keep
>>>> your
>>>> horse barefoot. Are boots important to prevent the horse from hitting
>>>> their
>>>> hooves against each other?
>>>>
>>>> JODY
>>>>
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:42:47 -0600
>> From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
>> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Catching Up
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>> Hi Jody,
>>
>> Well, considering I came home from the hospital tonight (Monday night) at
>> 6:30 after going to the emergency room Saturday morning with another
>> onset
>> of blood clots in my lungs, I am doing pretty good. We haven't gotten
>> the
>> already pregnant dairy goat yet. I'm trying to hold my husband back
>> until
>> November 2013 because we don't have the milking area ready in the barn
>> and
>> I
>> want it finished before we buy the female. Give Homer another year to
>> get
>> settled with a routine of being tethered once a day for extra forage so
>> we
>> don't have to cut so much for him in the winter. Then wehn we go to put
>> both of them out, it might help the female if she can tell that Homer is
>> not
>> skiddish along with her.
>>
>> This fall, we're going to strip all of my chicken coops, checking for
>> places
>> where the chickens have been scratching a bit too eagerly to get up under
>> their coops and for places where our farel cat population has been
>> digging
>> to get under the coops from the other side. One day, they are going to
>> meet
>> in the middle underneath the coop and only one is going to come out the
>> victor! LOL
>>
>> We had our garden wiped out this year due to a bad storm that came the
>> end
>> of June and took our power for 7 days and we could not water whatsoever
>> and
>> our temps were in the low 100's. But, luckily enough, we have a real
>> nice
>> small produce stand just up the road that took up where our garden left
>> off.
>> Matt purchased a half bushel peaches and Honey Crisp apples, so my sister
>> and I made peach preserves peach chutney and 4 quarts of dried apple
>> slices.
>> We also dried two pints of banana slices. I'm going to dry a few other
>> fruits and then we are going to make our own trail mix. The end of
>> October,
>> I am going to get a bushal of Pink Lady apples and we are going to do
>> apple
>> chutney, more apple butter, and maybe some spiced apples as well. Matt
>> is
>> in Seattle visiting his brother and also doing some canning and pickeling
>> with him as well. They tried some apple and green tomato chutney and I'm
>> wondering how that is going to turn out.
>>
>> There is a man who lives behind us who owns a large truck farming
>> business
>> and rents most of the properties he farms. They have one of our fields,
>> growing tomatoes last year and winter squashes this year. He called
>> while
>> I
>> was in the hospital to let me know he had several kinds of greens and
>> turnips he was starting to cut and if we wanted any just to let him know
>> when we wanted to come and get some. I told him as soon as Matt came
>> back
>> home he would probably be there Sunday afternoon. They are really good
>> people. They have kept our long driveway covered with gravel as parcial
>> payment for using one of our fields.
>>
>> Gotta go for now, my own bed looks way more inviting than the hospital
>> bed
>> I
>> was in for the past two nights. I can hear it calling, "nighty night".
>> LOL
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:48 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Catching Up
>>
>>
>>> Hi susan,
>>>
>>> Good to hear from you too. That is a good idea to just as peet a little
>>> at
>>> a time.
>>>
>>> How have you been?
>>>
>>> JODY
>>>
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:42:44 -0700
>> From: nfoster at extremezone.com
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Catching Up
>> Message-ID: <1349754164.50739d34c9aab at webmail.extremezone.com>
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>>
>>
>> Susan:
>>
>> I'm so sorry to hear that your having helth issues. I hope you are lots
>> better
>> real soon.
>>
>> Do Honey Crisp apples grow in your area?
>>
>> They are one of my favorite kinds. I like Pink Ladies too. I think all
>> the
>> apples here are shipped in from other states; Arizona isn't very apple
>> friendly! We can grow good citris here, which will be ready soon.
>>
>> Sorry to hear about your garden. My parents live in Arkansas and they
>> had
>> an
>> unusually hot summer. Mom said she got very little from the garden even
>> though
>> she was watering. She also said the deer ate lots of stuff. I think it
>> was so
>> dry they were just eating what ever they could.
>>
>> Do you can with a pressure cooker?
>>
>> I would like to learn to can, but the pressure cooker makes me nervous.
>> My
>> Grandmother used to do a lot of canning and my Mom still does some. I
>> used to
>> help them, but mostly I filled and washed jars. I have small hands that
>> can
>> fit in the jars, so I had to wash lots of them!
>>
>> If you have any tips for canning when blind I would love to hear them. I
>> am a
>> good cook and comfortable handling hot things, just not sure about the
>> pressure
>> cooker. Maybe they are different now.
>>
>> One of the chickens dug out of my run and was killed by a neighbor dog,
>> so
>> checking the coops is a good idea. There's always something to do!
>>
>> I'm looking for a buck to breed one of my dairy goats to. She's just
>> finishing
>> her heat cycle, so I need to find one soon. Maybe next year I will breed
>> one
>> of this years babies. One of them has beautiful markings.
>>
>> Take care of yourself and please stay in touch.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:
>>
>>> Hi Jody,
>>>
>>> Well, considering I came home from the hospital tonight (Monday night)
>>> at
>>> 6:30 after going to the emergency room Saturday morning with another
>>> onset
>>> of blood clots in my lungs, I am doing pretty good. We haven't gotten
>>> the
>>> already pregnant dairy goat yet. I'm trying to hold my husband back
>>> until
>>> November 2013 because we don't have the milking area ready in the barn
>>> and I
>>> want it finished before we buy the female. Give Homer another year to
>>> get
>>> settled with a routine of being tethered once a day for extra forage so
>>> we
>>> don't have to cut so much for him in the winter. Then wehn we go to put
>>> both of them out, it might help the female if she can tell that Homer is
>>> not
>>> skiddish along with her.
>>>
>>> This fall, we're going to strip all of my chicken coops, checking for
>>> places
>>> where the chickens have been scratching a bit too eagerly to get up
>>> under
>>> their coops and for places where our farel cat population has been
>>> digging
>>> to get under the coops from the other side. One day, they are going to
>>> meet
>>> in the middle underneath the coop and only one is going to come out the
>>> victor! LOL
>>>
>>> We had our garden wiped out this year due to a bad storm that came the
>>> end
>>> of June and took our power for 7 days and we could not water whatsoever
>>> and
>>> our temps were in the low 100's. But, luckily enough, we have a real
>>> nice
>>> small produce stand just up the road that took up where our garden left
>>> off.
>>> Matt purchased a half bushel peaches and Honey Crisp apples, so my
>>> sister
>>> and I made peach preserves peach chutney and 4 quarts of dried apple
>>> slices.
>>> We also dried two pints of banana slices. I'm going to dry a few other
>>> fruits and then we are going to make our own trail mix. The end of
>>> October,
>>> I am going to get a bushal of Pink Lady apples and we are going to do
>>> apple
>>> chutney, more apple butter, and maybe some spiced apples as well. Matt
>>> is
>>> in Seattle visiting his brother and also doing some canning and
>>> pickeling
>>> with him as well. They tried some apple and green tomato chutney and
>>> I'm
>>> wondering how that is going to turn out.
>>>
>>> There is a man who lives behind us who owns a large truck farming
>>> business
>>> and rents most of the properties he farms. They have one of our fields,
>>> growing tomatoes last year and winter squashes this year. He called
>>> while I
>>> was in the hospital to let me know he had several kinds of greens and
>>> turnips he was starting to cut and if we wanted any just to let him know
>>> when we wanted to come and get some. I told him as soon as Matt came
>>> back
>>> home he would probably be there Sunday afternoon. They are really good
>>> people. They have kept our long driveway covered with gravel as parcial
>>> payment for using one of our fields.
>>>
>>> Gotta go for now, my own bed looks way more inviting than the hospital
>>> bed I
>>> was in for the past two nights. I can hear it calling, "nighty night".
>>> LOL
>>>
>>> Susan
>>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
>>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:48 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Catching Up
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi susan,
>>> >
>>> > Good to hear from you too. That is a good idea to just as peet a
>>> > little
>>> > at
>>> > a time.
>>> >
>>> > How have you been?
>>> >
>>> > JODY
>>> >
>>> >
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>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:49:01 -0700
>> From: nfoster at extremezone.com
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] horse training
>> Message-ID: <1349754541.50739eadb0391 at webmail.extremezone.com>
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>>
>> Michelle:
>>
>> What do you feed the mini horses?
>>
>> I wonder how much they eat compared to a full size horse. Some of the
>> minis
>> I've seen looked really fat.
>>
>> Are your's trained to drive?
>>
>> I know a couple of people that use them for driving. They say it is a
>> lot
>> of
>> fun. I know another person who has some that she takes to nursing homes
>> and
>> other places to visit with people.
>>
>> Do you also ride?
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Michelle Creedy <michelle.creedy at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Wow, that's awesome!
>>>
>>> On 10/8/12, nfoster at extremezone.com <nfoster at extremezone.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Jody:
>>> >
>>> > I don't give my horses any special supplements. They always have a
>>> > salt
>>> > block
>>> > and a mineral block, but that is all. Jack the old mule is on some
>>> > joint
>>> > supplements, but nothing especially for the hooves. They eat Bermuda
>>> > hay,
>>> > Timothy hay and a timy bit of alfalfa. I also soak pellets, beet pulp
>>> > and
>>> > oats
>>> > for them. I soak the food because Jack has 4 missing teeth and his
>>> > remaining
>>> > teeth are very worn. Cruiser was injured in a trailer several years
>>> > ago
>>> > and
>>> > has some paralysis in his jaw. He cannot eat hay efficiently enough
>>> > for it
>>> > to
>>> > be his whole diet. They seem to get everything they need and are very
>>> > healthy.
>>> >
>>> > The boots that I use, are used for protection from rocks and hard
>>> > ground.
>>> > I
>>> > believe there are some boots designed especially to protect the hooves
>>> > from
>>> > hitting each other.
>>> >
>>> > I used Old Mack boots on the mules, I don't think they make the style
>>> > I
>>> have
>>> > any
>>> > more. I can't remember which ones I have for Cruiser. As I said
>>> > before
>>> > I've
>>> > never had to use his.
>>> >
>>> > Nella
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Quoting Jody Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:
>>> >
>>> >> Hi Nella,
>>> >>
>>> >> I have heard that mineral supplements are very important if you keep
>>> >> your
>>> >> horse barefoot. Are boots important to prevent the horse from
>>> >> hitting
>>> >> their
>>> >> hooves against each other?
>>> >>
>>> >> JODY
>>> >>
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>> Message: 8
>> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 10:44:05 +0530
>> From: Shreyas N Reddy <n.shreyas.reddy at gmail.com>
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] hi all! I am Shreyas from India
>> Message-ID:
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>>
>> thanks Jody for that wonderful & informative reply
>>
>>
>> On 10/8/12, Jody Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com> wrote:
>>> Hello Shreyas,
>>>
>>> Yes, blind people can do gardening. You have to come up with ways to do
>>> things without using your eyes. In planting a garden I put two sticks
>>> in
>>> the ground at each end of the row and I tie a string on the sticks to
>>> make
>>> a
>>> straight line. I hill the row so it is higher then the ground on each
>>> side
>>> and I plant the seeds using my fingers to measure the depth and distance
>>> between them.
>>>
>>> You can feel the little plants and pick the weeds out from the plants
>>> because they feel different.
>>>
>>> By planning ahead and doing each step carefully you can grow a garden
>>> very
>>> well.
>>>
>>> I am sure everyone can give you lots of ideas on how to do things
>>> without
>>> seeing.
>>>
>>> JODY
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> in regards
>> Shreyas Nagaraj Reddy
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:25:11 -0400
>> From: "Liz Lewis" <liz4jesus at gmail.com>
>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [Ag-eq] canning
>> Message-ID: <001501cda621$831f98b0$895eca10$@com>
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>>
>>
>>
>> I also love to can but don't use a pressure cooker. I water bath
>> everything. The Ball canning has a great step by step website. Their
>> basic
>> book also breaks it all down nicely. I have a friend in the Federation
>> who
>> does use a pressure cooker. She indicates that there is one type that is
>> more blind friendly than the other. She said something about clicks on
>> the
>> top knob. I never pursued it because I witnessed my Mom blow the cooker
>> and the top hit the kitchen ceiling. That did it for me.
>>
>> Liz, SC
>>
>>
>>
>> "The Spirit helps us in our weakness;
>>
>> That very Spirit interceeds with sighs too deep for words"
>>
>> (Rom. 8:26,)
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 10
>> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:18:48 -0400
>> From: "Liz Lewis" <liz4jesus at gmail.com>
>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [Ag-eq] Susan's story
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>> Susan: You should write a book. You write very well. I love your posts!
>> Please stop those chickens from meeting those cats!!!!
>> Liz, SC
>>
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>> Message: 11
>> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 10:38:47 -0400
>> From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Catching Up
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>> Oh Susan,
>>
>> I am so sorry to hear of your emergency. I hope the danger is over and
>> you
>> are OK.
>>
>> I am so sorry you lost your garden. After all that work too.
>>
>> Your canning, preserving and drying efforts sound delightful. Maybe you
>> can
>> share some recipes. I had forgotten about drying, that is a great idea.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> JODY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 12
>> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 10:39:45 -0400
>> From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] hi all! I am Shreyas from India
>> Message-ID: <01bb01cda62b$ed8519a0$c88f4ce0$@com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Hello Shreyas,
>>
>> What kind of farming and gardening would you like to do?
>>
>> JODY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 13
>> Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:00:23 -0700
>> From: nfoster at extremezone.com
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] canning
>> Message-ID: <1349798423.50744a1794768 at webmail.extremezone.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>>
>> Liz:
>>
>> What type of things do you can?
>>
>> An exploding pressure cooker is just way to much excitement for me!
>>
>> My Mother and Grandmother never blew one up, but they told stories of
>> people
>> that had. Those cookers have always made me nervous.
>>
>> I just dry or freeze things. I would like to learn to make jelly and
>> preserves;
>> I think it would be fun to give them as gifts.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>> Quoting Liz Lewis <liz4jesus at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I also love to can but don't use a pressure cooker. I water bath
>>> everything. The Ball canning has a great step by step website. Their
>>> basic
>>> book also breaks it all down nicely. I have a friend in the Federation
>>> who
>>> does use a pressure cooker. She indicates that there is one type that
>>> is
>>> more blind friendly than the other. She said something about clicks on
>>> the
>>> top knob. I never pursued it because I witnessed my Mom blow the
>>> cooker
>>> and the top hit the kitchen ceiling. That did it for me.
>>>
>>> Liz, SC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "The Spirit helps us in our weakness;
>>>
>>> That very Spirit interceeds with sighs too deep for words"
>>>
>>> (Rom. 8:26,)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 14
>> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 12:21:29 -0400
>> From: "Liz Lewis" <liz4jesus at gmail.com>
>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] canning
>> Message-ID: <000301cda63a$24254a30$6c6fde90$@com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Salsa, dilly beans, sweet & sour okra, pepper mixes, green tomato
>> pickles,
>> squash pickles, to name a few. We also have a dehydrator and dry figs,
>> tomatoes and we make fruit roll ups with a fruit mix. I don't really
>> think
>> it saves money but it is fun and something to be proud of.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> nfoster at extremezone.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 12:00 PM
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] canning
>>
>>
>> Liz:
>>
>> What type of things do you can?
>>
>> An exploding pressure cooker is just way to much excitement for me!
>>
>> My Mother and Grandmother never blew one up, but they told stories of
>> people
>> that had. Those cookers have always made me nervous.
>>
>> I just dry or freeze things. I would like to learn to make jelly and
>> preserves; I think it would be fun to give them as gifts.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>> Quoting Liz Lewis <liz4jesus at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I also love to can but don't use a pressure cooker. I water bath
>>> everything. The Ball canning has a great step by step website. Their
>>> basic book also breaks it all down nicely. I have a friend in the
>>> Federation who does use a pressure cooker. She indicates that there
>>> is one type that is more blind friendly than the other. She said
>>> something about clicks on the top knob. I never pursued it because I
>>> witnessed my Mom blow the cooker and the top hit the kitchen ceiling.
>> That did it for me.
>>>
>>> Liz, SC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "The Spirit helps us in our weakness;
>>>
>>> That very Spirit interceeds with sighs too deep for words"
>>>
>>> (Rom. 8:26,)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 05:14:46 -0600
> From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Catching Up
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>
> Hi Nella and everyone,
>
> I go to my own doctor this morning to check my blood level for the blood
> thinners. I am giving myself a shot of blood thinner in my belly twice a
> day and a blood thinner pill in the evening until my numbers level out.
> This in addition to my everyday meds and insolin in my tummy as well. Oh
> yay! My entire belly and abdomin looks like a mule kicked me a good one.
> The only good thing about that is at least it doesn't hurt like as if that
> mule really did wack me a good one. LOL
>
> Both Honey Crisps and Pink Lady apples grow in our mountain areas which is
> about a nice two hour drive. We can go to Carter's Grove and either pick
> our own or by them by the bushel and half bushel box already picked. I am
> really looking forward to the Pink Lady apples coming in. You can find
> both
> of them in local stors, but they seem to be bigger straight from the
> fields.
> That is why I nearly pushed my husband out of the door to get my Honey
> Crisp
> apples from our produce guy because he had just gotten them off the truck
> directly from the mountains!
>
> I have been canning all of my life ever since I was about four years old
> and
> could help my mother sort jars, lids and rings as she canned loads of
> vegetables, pickels, and jelly. I love every step but do mostly hot water
> bath. We have a pressure cooker and I will do all aspects of it except
> setting the rocker ball on top. That job is left for my husband because
> if
> he blows the rocker ball off and lodges it up in the exhaust fan, like he
> did when he was a teen pressure cooking pumpkin, he can't blame it on me.
> I
> didn't falloff the turnip truck yesterday, you know.
>
> Even my husband Matt loves to can. He is in Seattle now visiting his
> brother and helping him clean out his garden for the winter. His brother
> has friends that press their own cider and they did that this past Sunday,
> where he took home six gallons of freshly pressed cider and two garbage
> bags
> of apples. He told Matt that he really didn't want to take all those
> apples
> and would probably just throw them away. I would have loved have been a
> fly
> on the wall when big brother gave little brother the lecture on not
> waisting
> nature's bounty when it was soconveniently dropped in your lap. So
> needless
> to say, they have already canned apple green tomato chutney and Matt was
> reading up on his brother's dehydrater and is sure to have that up and
> running today. I reminded him that if there was a slow cooker that they
> could also do the apple butter as well. Don has a steam canner that Matt
> was really interested in that uses only inches of water rather than enough
> water to cover the jars. You only have to boil the water until steam
> comes
> out of small top vents and then start your timer accordingly. I don't
> think
> this would be easy for the blind to use alone, but they could with someone
> else. If I know my husband, we may be adding one to my canning inventory.
>
> I'm glad my posts are being so enjoyed. I do a bit of writing and have
> posted about fourteen articles to Matilda Ziegler Magazine. I am really
> thinking about having a running journel style collection of "Views from my
> Front Porch" as a reference for what works and what fails miserably on our
> adventures here on Dogwood Farm. We'll see what pops up in the near
> future.
> Still working on our farm cookbook and Matt has definitely been enjoying
> being our number one taste tester.
>
> Well buy for now, gotta get this morning started and morning chors done
> before heading out to the doctor office. Then out to lunch with my
> sister,
> pick up a bail of hay for Homer, a few things from the grocery store, of
> course we can't forget the stop at the drug store and then home in time
> for
> evening feeding, feed ourselves and then crashing in front of the tv
> before
> heading off to bed. LOL
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 9:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Catching Up
>
>
>>
>> Susan:
>>
>> I'm so sorry to hear that your having helth issues. I hope you are lots
>> better
>> real soon.
>>
>> Do Honey Crisp apples grow in your area?
>>
>> They are one of my favorite kinds. I like Pink Ladies too. I think all
>> the
>> apples here are shipped in from other states; Arizona isn't very apple
>> friendly! We can grow good citris here, which will be ready soon.
>>
>> Sorry to hear about your garden. My parents live in Arkansas and they
>> had
>> an
>> unusually hot summer. Mom said she got very little from the garden even
>> though
>> she was watering. She also said the deer ate lots of stuff. I think it
>> was so
>> dry they were just eating what ever they could.
>>
>> Do you can with a pressure cooker?
>>
>> I would like to learn to can, but the pressure cooker makes me nervous.
>> My
>> Grandmother used to do a lot of canning and my Mom still does some. I
>> used to
>> help them, but mostly I filled and washed jars. I have small hands that
>> can
>> fit in the jars, so I had to wash lots of them!
>>
>> If you have any tips for canning when blind I would love to hear them. I
>> am a
>> good cook and comfortable handling hot things, just not sure about the
>> pressure
>> cooker. Maybe they are different now.
>>
>> One of the chickens dug out of my run and was killed by a neighbor dog,
>> so
>> checking the coops is a good idea. There's always something to do!
>>
>> I'm looking for a buck to breed one of my dairy goats to. She's just
>> finishing
>> her heat cycle, so I need to find one soon. Maybe next year I will breed
>> one
>> of this years babies. One of them has beautiful markings.
>>
>> Take care of yourself and please stay in touch.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:
>>
>>> Hi Jody,
>>>
>>> Well, considering I came home from the hospital tonight (Monday night)
>>> at
>>> 6:30 after going to the emergency room Saturday morning with another
>>> onset
>>> of blood clots in my lungs, I am doing pretty good. We haven't gotten
>>> the
>>> already pregnant dairy goat yet. I'm trying to hold my husband back
>>> until
>>> November 2013 because we don't have the milking area ready in the barn
>>> and I
>>> want it finished before we buy the female. Give Homer another year to
>>> get
>>> settled with a routine of being tethered once a day for extra forage so
>>> we
>>> don't have to cut so much for him in the winter. Then wehn we go to put
>>> both of them out, it might help the female if she can tell that Homer is
>>> not
>>> skiddish along with her.
>>>
>>> This fall, we're going to strip all of my chicken coops, checking for
>>> places
>>> where the chickens have been scratching a bit too eagerly to get up
>>> under
>>> their coops and for places where our farel cat population has been
>>> digging
>>> to get under the coops from the other side. One day, they are going to
>>> meet
>>> in the middle underneath the coop and only one is going to come out the
>>> victor! LOL
>>>
>>> We had our garden wiped out this year due to a bad storm that came the
>>> end
>>> of June and took our power for 7 days and we could not water whatsoever
>>> and
>>> our temps were in the low 100's. But, luckily enough, we have a real
>>> nice
>>> small produce stand just up the road that took up where our garden left
>>> off.
>>> Matt purchased a half bushel peaches and Honey Crisp apples, so my
>>> sister
>>> and I made peach preserves peach chutney and 4 quarts of dried apple
>>> slices.
>>> We also dried two pints of banana slices. I'm going to dry a few other
>>> fruits and then we are going to make our own trail mix. The end of
>>> October,
>>> I am going to get a bushal of Pink Lady apples and we are going to do
>>> apple
>>> chutney, more apple butter, and maybe some spiced apples as well. Matt
>>> is
>>> in Seattle visiting his brother and also doing some canning and
>>> pickeling
>>> with him as well. They tried some apple and green tomato chutney and
>>> I'm
>>> wondering how that is going to turn out.
>>>
>>> There is a man who lives behind us who owns a large truck farming
>>> business
>>> and rents most of the properties he farms. They have one of our fields,
>>> growing tomatoes last year and winter squashes this year. He called
>>> while I
>>> was in the hospital to let me know he had several kinds of greens and
>>> turnips he was starting to cut and if we wanted any just to let him know
>>> when we wanted to come and get some. I told him as soon as Matt came
>>> back
>>> home he would probably be there Sunday afternoon. They are really good
>>> people. They have kept our long driveway covered with gravel as parcial
>>> payment for using one of our fields.
>>>
>>> Gotta go for now, my own bed looks way more inviting than the hospital
>>> bed I
>>> was in for the past two nights. I can hear it calling, "nighty night".
>>> LOL
>>>
>>> Susan
>>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
>>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:48 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Catching Up
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi susan,
>>> >
>>> > Good to hear from you too. That is a good idea to just as peet a
>>> > little
>>> > at
>>> > a time.
>>> >
>>> > How have you been?
>>> >
>>> > JODY
>>> >
>>> >
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