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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Hi Courtney. Very interesting. I wonder if I could spray peppermint oil around my planter’s edges and discourage squirrels from going after my seedlings. Could be worth a try.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Courtney F. Smith via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 27, 2025 2:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Courtney F. Smith <cmfulghum@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id=ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> on behalf of henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 27, 2025 12:19:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:hosbornejr@gmail.com">hosbornejr@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:hosbornejr@gmail.com">hosbornejr@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Hi Cindy, how about you putting ant traps in your mailbox.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>slery via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 27, 2025 1:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> slery <<a href="mailto:slerythema@gmail.com">slerythema@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'>Well, I did finish my gauge swatch and I cast-on the cardigan today.<br><br>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.<br><br>Cindy<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'>On 4/26/2025 10:38 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>And several plants I wasn’t sure made it through the winter have started to leaf out. I’m very happy about that.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><pre style='background:white'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white'>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white'><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white'><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white'>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white'><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>