[Nfb-krafters-korner] gossip!Re: life line/Gardening info

[Barb Roland]

Hadley has a course on Container Gardening.
Barb R.
Z6

'Just living is not enough,' said the butterfly, 'one must have sunshine, 
freedom and a little flower.' ~ Hans Christian Anderson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kendra Schaber" <Baltimore777 at comcast.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] gossip!Re: life line


> Hi Henrietta, what kinds of things were you thinking? Were you thinking of 
> flowers, vegetables or herbs? Were you also wondering if there are any 
> resources and literiture on gardening that blind people can access?
>     For anyone who is interested, there is a magazine on BARD called 
> Horticulture Magazine. Once you log in, go to the magazine section and 
> look for it under the letter H. There is also a gardening section of books 
> on BARD as well. If you are a member of NEWSLINE, there is also Better 
> Home and Gardening Magazine that you can add to your favorites list. You 
> can also look up different plants on the internet just like any sited 
> person. Just because we are not sited doesn't mean that we don't have 
> access to gardening information.
> Kendra Schaber
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Henrietta Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] gossip!Re: life line
>
>
>> HI Kendra,
>> It is getting close. Time to start thinking about spring plants. The 
>> sighted folk are reading their seed catalogs. So as you think about 
>> spring planting for yourself, please share those thoughts with us. I 
>> would like to do some different things this year.
>> Henrietta
>> On Jan 17, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Kendra Schaber wrote:
>>
>>> Hi JoAn, I like plants, science and nature. Since I have tried to become 
>>> a scientist and ended up banging my head against the wall with math, I 
>>> decided to get into gardening instead. I am sure that you can get weed 
>>> wacker line from the gardening section of any store or a gardening 
>>> store. It seems that you have found a good place for buying weed wacker 
>>> line for your nitting. I'm glad that it works for you! I hope that my 
>>> gardening advice helps someone out on the mailing list when the season 
>>> comes. Winter has finally come for us in Oregon. Today, we have had snow 
>>> and near freezing tempratures. In fact, I am having a snow day since the 
>>> person who has the keys of where I work is currently snowed in at their 
>>> house. We usually get a lot of rain durring the winter so an inch of 
>>> snow on the ground here in Oregon usually is conciddered bad weather. We 
>>> usually get ice of some form with the snow so that keeps schools and 
>>> some work places closed durring snow storms. The exception is our 
>>> mountains. Our mountains in Oregon always gets snow durring the winter. 
>>> As a result, skiers, snowboarders and people who loves their snow toys 
>>> often go up to the mountains to play in the snow. When the snow is in 
>>> the vallies like it is this morning, we get problems with icy roads and 
>>> school closures and sometimes, business closures.
>>> Kendra Schaber
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "artist" <imanartist at earthlink.net>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 11:49 PM
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] gossip!Re: life line
>>>
>>>
>>>> How did lifeline get to gardening?  Sounds like we were playing Gossip, 
>>>> LOL. The life line I was referring to pertained to knitting.  Someone 
>>>> suggested circular knitting needles in a very small size which I find 
>>>> expensive. I am using weed eater line for that purpose.  Weed eater 
>>>> line is a small diameter line similar to what they use for circular 
>>>> knitting needles.  I just snip off the length I want and use that 
>>>> instead of expensive circular needles which only come in standard 
>>>> lengths.  I don't like the needles sticking out the sides of the 
>>>> knitting and find them combersome.  it needles There is always an ample 
>>>> supply of it in my carriage house. .  Works jus fine for me.   It is 
>>>> the line that comes on a reel to use in your weed eater or Weed 
>>>> whacker, whichever you call it. I don't garden anymore I dont tolerate 
>>>> creepy crawly things  well.. JoAn
>>>>
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