[NFBF-Tampa] Blind Gardening Hack

[marion.gwizdala at verizon.net]

Dear All,

 

                Some of you may know Merry and I are urban gardeners. We
have recently begun xeriscaping our front yard and planted fifty-four
Asiatic Jasmine over ten yards of potting soil. Unfortunately, grass has
begun poking up through the soil and the Jasmine are not yet able to choke
out the grass.

 

I contacted the University of Florida's Institute for Food and Agricultural
Sciences (IFAS) which has offices around Florida and spoke to their master
gardener. Not knowing I was blind, he shared a gardening hack his father
taught him and it is a great adaptation for those of us who are blind! Here
is the hack.

 

1.	Mix Roundup in a bucket as you would normally do so (1/2 cup of
Roundup to 1 gallon water)               
2.	Put a rubber glove on one hand and cover it with a cotton gardening
or other work glove;
3.	Touch the plant you want to avoid with the Roundup with the ungloved
hand;
4.	Dip your hand in the solution and rub the product on the ground over
the grass being careful to not get the product on the leaves of the plant;

Roundup is absorbed through the leaves of the plant and it will not harm the
plant roots but you want to avoid getting too close to the stem of the
plant.

 

                BTW, we are also growing hibiscus, gardenia, spearmint,
sweet mint, lavender, thyme, Frangiapani, and rosemary. In our vegetable
garden, I just harvested our fourth yellow squash. We also are growing
butternut squash, acorn squash, canteloup, garlic, onion, Florida peaches,
ruby red grapefruit, Bearss lemons, tangerines, and pineapple. We get our
meat from the store! (smile)

 

                If anyone would like to chat gardening, please write to me
off-list at

 

Marion.Gwizdala at verizon.net <mailto:Marion.Gwizdala at verizon.net> 

 

Fraternally yours,

Marion

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