[Blindtlk] gardening

Tue Mar 22 18:25:36 UTC 2011

This year I am going to try tomatoes and bell peppers in pots.  If all goes 
well, I want to add some different vegetables next year, possibly using part 
of the yard for a more traditional garden.

What I really need to know is how to tell if the plants are healthy.  How 
will I know if there are bugs that need to be removed or killed?  How will I 
know what kind of bugs they are?Is there some way to tell if the plant has 
some sort of plant disease?    Is there some way of keeping down the weeds 
when the plants are small?  I think I will be able to tell what is a weed 
when the plants are bigger, but I don't want to pull the wrong thing up when 
they are all little. What things should I look for to tell if the plants are 
getting to much or too little water, sun or wind?

I'm truly hopeless when it comes to green things! *smile*  I'm not even sure 
which of my questions are related to blindness alternatives and which are 
just general lack of knowledge of gardening.

Any ideas or resources are most welcome!
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] gardening

> What is it you would like to grow?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Julie J
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 3:27 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] gardening
>
> To those of you who garden, what advice do you have for someone that is 
> very
>
> new to gardening?  Well, I'm not new to gardening, just new to successful
> gardening! LOL
>
> Julie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
> To: <blinddog3 at charter.net>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 2:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] gardening
>
>
>>I am as well and I use gardening to run my preserves making business.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
>> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 4:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] gardening
>>
>>
>>>I am a blind gardener, planting both flower and vegetable plus a few 
>>>fruit
>>> trees, bushes and the like.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 4:22 PM
>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] gardening
>>>
>>> Do you yourself gardin?  If I did; (which I don't) most here would be
>>> able
>>> to guess how I would do it.
>>>
>>> Warm weather has been here since early February.
>>>
>>> IF I am not much mistaken, "the Braille Monitor" has an article or two
>>> upon
>>> the subject.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>>
>>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>>> Skype name:
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>>>
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>>>
>>> On Mar 20, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Laurie Porter wrote:
>>>
>>>> there is a blind gardeners group on yahoo I don't have the direct link
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)"
>>> <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
>>>> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:18 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] gardening
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I know that Hadley has or had a class in container gardening.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Julie J
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:58 AM
>>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] gardening
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>
>>>>> My spring project is to start a container garden...again.  *smile*
>>>>> Over
>>> the years I've had about every configuration of garden, traditional,
>>> square
>>> foot, container and houseplants.  I've pretty much killed them all off 
>>> in
>>> short order.   I'm wondering if there is an NFB list specific to
>>> gardening
>>> or if not does anyone know of a list elsewhere for blind gardeners?
>>>>>
>>>>> Most of my plant woes have nothing to do with my blindness, but more
>>> about things like forgetting to water. *smile*  Still I'm wanting to
>>> learn
>>> and I have questions about how to distinguish the plants I'm trying to
>>> grow
>>> from the weeds.  I also wonder about nonvisual ways to figure out if
>>> there
>>> are problems with bugs, plant diseases or soil problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> If it helps narrow down the suggestions I'm only interested in growing
>>> vegetables and herbs.  This year I am only growing in containers,
>>> although
>>> if I can get something to grow I might consider plowing up part of my
>>> yard
>>> next year.  I live in south east Nebraska, which is zone 5, I think.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ideas?  Resources? Suggestions?
>>>>> TIA
>>>>> Julie
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