[BlindTlk] BlindTlk Digest, Vol 148, Issue 1
Ericka
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Wed Oct 3 14:01:13 UTC 2018
Deciding how much to plant is tough. I’ve done pots on a balcony and that worked out pretty good because it got the morning sun. I planted flowers, tomatoes and some herbs.
It also depends on what the weather is like. My family has had a community garden since I was a child. I remember years where we got tons of stuff and then there were years like this one where they barely got anything and had to reseed because there is either flooding or nothing. About the only things my parents had successfully grown this year we’re zucchini, tomatoes and onions I think. Not even the cucumbers with all this rain.. Lots of stuff rotted. And you have to figure out how to keep those animals away. Do you like to eat most everything!
Check out Hadley‘s website. www.hadley.edu. They have classes on all kinds of gardening I wouldn’t doubt they have videos too. Free expert advice is always good!
Ericka Short
> On Oct 3, 2018, at 8:33 AM, Patrick Gormley via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Ella I had a garden about 15 years ago. I planted beans and tomatoes and I
> ended up with 20 bushels of tomatoes and 30 bushels of green beans. That's
> something that requires daily attention. We had to give away 50% away so we
> wouldn't lost them to the birds and rabbits. My garden was about 100 square
> foot.
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> 1. Photos question (Ericka)
> 2. Working in a Garden (Ella Yu)
> 3. Re: Working in a Garden (Judy Jones)
> 4. This week on Eyes On Success: Working on Accedssibility at
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> 5. Re: Working in a Garden (Julie Johnson)
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> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 13:45:34 -0500
> From: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
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> Hey I have noticed some features are back with the photo album now that iOS
> 12 arrived. It?s easier to make albums again and add to existing albums. Has
> anyone figured out how to edit the name of an album once it?s created? I
> don?t find a rename option.
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> One is missed labeled and another is misspelled and I want to fix things.
> After all the point of labels is so we know it?s in there.
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> Ericka Short
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> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 17:18:23 -0700
> From: Ella Yu <ellaxyu at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [BlindTlk] Working in a Garden
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> Hi all,
> I'm supposed to start working in a garden soon and I'm wondering
> if it's possible for people who are completely blind. I will
> have assistance.
> Thanks in advance.
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> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 19:15:28 -0700
> From: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
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> Hello, Ella,
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> I have a brown thumb hahahaha but I know of blind people who are excellent,
> experienced, gardeners. You can get your gardening questions answered by the
> gardeners on the nfb-krafters-korner list. Go to www.nfbnet.org.
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> Judy
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>> Hi all,
>> I'm supposed to start working in a garden soon and I'm wondering
>> if it's possible for people who are completely blind. I will
>> have assistance.
>> Thanks in advance.
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> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 22:02:22 -0600
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> Subject: [BlindTlk] This week on Eyes On Success: Working on
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> This week's episode of Eyes On Success is:
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> 1840 Working On Accessibility At Google (Oct. 3, 2018)
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> This week hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with a married couple, Victor
> Tsaran and Karo Caran, both of whom are visually impaired and both of whom
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> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 06:20:50 -0500
> From: "Julie Johnson" <julielj at neb.rr.com>
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> Yes, I garden both at home and in the community garden. There are some
> things that aren't practical, like using a hoe to chop weeds, but other than
>
> that it's pretty much the same as for sighted people. Learning what is a
> weed and what is a vegetable/flower took some practice. I prefer to set up
>
> the garden so I don't walk through where the plants are. The square foot
> method works well. I also have a few raised beds. I plant some things in
> the landscaping so they can vine on the fence or porch railings, much easier
>
> than setting up trellis and then tearing it down at the end of the season.
> My main garden area at home is only 4 feet wide and about 30 feet long,
> which allows me to be able to walk around the outside of the plants and
> reach in to pull weeds or collect vegetables without walking through where
> the plants are. The community garden space is a big rectangle of 15 feet by
>
> 30 feet, where I do have to walk through rows. I have to be super careful
> not to step on the plants, especially early in the season when they are
> tiny. It's doable, but not my preference.
>
> I tried different labeling methods in the garden, but never did find
> anything that worked well and lasted throughout the gardening season. I
> have a few things in flowerpots and those I just stick in a braille plastic
> label right in the dirt. For the rest of the garden I keep notes on the
> computer to help me keep track of what is where, when it was planted and
> anything else I want to remember. I don't label seed packets. I just use
> Seeing AI or something similar.
>
> Knowing when the vegetables are ripe can be done by touch. It's not much
> different than picking out produce in the grocery store. You have to be
> familiar with the vegetable to know what you should check, size, firmness,
> ease of removing from the vine etc. That all comes with practice.
>
> It took a number of years before I could reliably get things to grow and
> produce. I'm not naturally gifted at growing things. Now my general
> strategy is to plant 10x more than I will want at the end, so after I kill
> off most of it, I'm still left with a reasonable amount.
>
> Happy gardening!
> Julie
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Hi all,
> I'm supposed to start working in a garden soon and I'm wondering
> if it's possible for people who are completely blind. I will
> have assistance.
> Thanks in advance.
>
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