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Re: [ENABLED] Good Morning
At 09:25 AM 3/4/98 +0800, you wrote:
>some articles on how to garden when blind would be appreciated.
>Kind of gardening by touch so to speak.
>
>Thanks, Tom Baccanti
I interviewed a gardener whose sight is impaired. She has raised beds, the
approach to which is different for each bed. One is reached via a brick
walk, another by a cement walk, another over bark chips, another via lawn.
She wears thin-soled shoes so she can feel the difference. One bed is
outlined by a pvc pipe, which also alerts her that planted stuff is inside.
She plants in rows so that if she feels something that feels different
than the other plants in the row she can assume it's a weed and pull it.
She works barehanded, of course, and plants seeds using her knuckle depth
for a depth calculator, but she prefers to set out bedding plants. She
remembers what's in each bed. She can feel if the soil is too dry or too
moist, if the leaves feel leathery and are curling (indicative of a virus
we are afflicted with in our part of the West). If she feels sticky
leaves, she knows there's an insect problem. I think she has her sighted
husband deal with that. I'm sure she can feel the difference between green
and ripe tomatoes, too. If you have other questions, I'll be happy to ask
her. Regards, Margaret
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