[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday

[slery]

Awesome.

Now, do you know how to get rid of a ground hog? The size of a male cat. 
He has torn up my border multiple times digging under my home and my 
porch. He pulls out enough rocks to cover my stepping stones.

Cindy

On 4/27/2025 2:35 PM, Courtney F. Smith via NFB-Blind-Crafters wrote:
> To help with ants in your mailbox, put a few drops of peppermint 
> essential oil on a cotton ball and stick it in the very back of your 
> mailbox. In just a few days, you’ll have no more ants to deal with. We 
> had a similar problem several years ago and I did this and it worked. 
> Also had ants coming in through the window in our laundry room and 
> wiped down around the window with peppermint oil.……… No more ants! You 
> can also mix up some of the peppermint essential oil with some 
> fractionated coconut oil and put in a spray bottle. Spray around where 
> you notice ants and that should get rid of your problem. This works 
> for most bugs and rodents.
>
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> *From:* NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces at nfbnet.org> on 
> behalf of henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters 
> <nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org>
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 27, 2025 12:19:22 PM
> *To:* 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' 
> <nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* hosbornejr at gmail.com <hosbornejr at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday
>
> Hi Cindy, how about you putting ant traps in your mailbox.
>
> *From:*NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On 
> Behalf Of *slery via NFB-Blind-Crafters
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 27, 2025 1:39 AM
> *To:* Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters 
> <nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* slery <slerythema at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday
>
> Well, I did finish my gauge swatch and I cast-on the cardigan today.
>
> Since Tracy mentioned the outdoors, I am on a super tight budget so I 
> bought one planter box for my porch railing and plan on buying one 
> each year until I have the number I want. I will be planting black and 
> yellow striped petunias if I can find them this year, or just yellow 
> petunias and a row of yellow marigolds. I will be deciding this year 
> what I want to do next year around my mailbox. This year, we will kill 
> off the grass and put out something to keep the ants out of my 
> mailbox. The previous owners left a mailbox that was infested with ants.
>
> Cindy
>
> On 4/26/2025 10:38 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters wrote:
>
>     It’s Successful Saturday!  Have you started or finished a project,
>     or achieved a goal?  Share it with us and we’ll celebrate with you.
>
>     I’m just doing a lot of work in my yard, getting seedlings ready
>     to put in the garden, getting the garden organized, putting out
>     the fountain, organizing hoses … There’s a lot of work to do. 
>     Good thing Spring gives me a shot of energy to do it.
>
>     And several plants I wasn’t sure made it through the winter have
>     started to leaf out.  I’m very happy about that.
>
>     Tracy
>
>
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