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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Mix Roundup in a bucket as you would normally do so (1/2 cup of Roundup to 1 gallon water) <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Put a rubber glove on one hand and cover it with a cotton gardening or other work glove;<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Touch the plant you want to avoid with the Roundup with the ungloved hand;<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>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;<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'> 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)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'> If anyone would like to chat gardening, please write to me off-list at<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'><a href="mailto:Marion.Gwizdala@verizon.net">Marion.Gwizdala@verizon.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'>Fraternally yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'>Marion<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>