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

Kendra Schaber Baltimore777 at comcast.net
Sat Jan 28 07:41:13 UTC 2012 

Hi Debbie and all other gardeners: That is great information! Yes, it is 
always good to try out different plants to find out which ones that you 
like. Sometimes, trying a plant more than once will give you better results 
than if you have only tried it just once before giving up on it. Last year 
at work, we planted spinich but the first round died. We tried it again and 
it worked the second time. As for my little balkomy, I find that herbs do 
the best. I have tried vegetables and a flower or two without much success. 
I currently have mint, bambue and bazel which so far has gone well. The 
trick with the plant world is doing your best with what you have while 
growing the plants. You can grow one or more plant for years but still go 
wrong because of factors like the weather that you can't control. The last 
time that we have had a real spring in Oregon was the spring of 2007. That's 
four springs ago! Many of our plants have often been behind schedule because 
of the weather. Each year, I seem to hear something in the news about why 
one plant or another wasn't doing so well for the year. Last year, I have 
even been told via the news to plant summer garden seeds on Father's Day 
weekend instead of Mother's Day weekend because of the unseasonably cold 
spring that we had. No wonder why Oregon has spring feaver(LOL!) I have been 
asked more than once the following question: "How many days are there until 
spring?" I'm just going to answer that here just in case anyone is wondering 
that same thing. As of Friday, January 27, 2012, we have 53 or 54 days 
depending on whether the spring equanox falls on March 20, 2012 or March 21, 
2012. We need a real spring if we want our plants to grow on time. Well 
anyway, if you look up plants on Google, you will find more information than 
you know what to do with. I find that same thing with all of my research 
that I have been doing this winter for work on worms. The good thing about 
Google for you screen-reader-users is that Google is accessable for you. For 
you gardeners out there, I wish you good luck with plant growing!
Kendra Schaber
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "debbie ralston" <debralston at myfairpoint.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] gossip!Re: life line/Gardening info


> Hi,
> I took the container gardening course from the Hadley School for the 
> Blind. I really enjoyed the course. It is well done. I have boought 
> flowers & vegatables from the following web sites: whiteflowerfarm.com, 
> tastefulgarden.com, hirtsgarden.com, coneflowers.net. They are accessable 
> with speech. Last year I planted bush green beans,cherry & big tomatoes, 
> pepper, squash, butterfly bushes, echinacea (cone flower which has scent). 
> The echinacea (cone flower) look like a big daisy with a cone shape center 
> & smell like carnations. I planted these for the first time last year & 
> fell in love with them.  The squash didn't do well so I won't do that 
> again. The bush green beans do real well & I am doing them again this 
> year. I discovered that I like the cherry tomatoes better thanthe big 
> ones. I am going to plant more cherry tomatoes this year. I also tried a 
> lettuce & it was so so. I am going to try coliflower cheddar & brolli this 
> year for the first time. I have  largeporchwhich get direct sun from sun 
> up to mid afternoon. If you google what you want to grow; you can find 
> growing information on the web which can read with speech.
> Debbie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Henrietta Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
> To: "Barb Roland" <barbwire59 at gmail.com>; "List for blind crafters and 
> artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] gossip!Re: life line/Gardening info
>
>
>> Hi Barb and kendra,
>> I will check all these resources out but I always think of those fancy 
>> catalogs that come in the mail with all the pictures of plants and 
>> flowers that my friends rave about. Wouldn't they be great to see. But, 
>> of course, you are right. The written word can create wonderful visions 
>> for us.
>>
>> In particular, I think it would be great to have a discussion of herbs 
>> and flowers that can be used in making lotions and such and for scents 
>> for room fragrances.
>> Henrietta
>> On Jan 18, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Barb Roland wrote:
>>
>>> 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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