Garden almost done

Haha!!! Almost done? A garden is never done. Kind of like life. Kind of fun to live life in one year and start over every spring. For tomatoes I planted three Early Girls, two Romas, one Better Boy, two grape tomatoes, and plan to buy a Beefsteak for a large slicer tomato. Everything is planted, watered and there is weed barrier fabric between every row. Now I am tired, but it is a good tired. Oh, yeah, and the Mariners won today.

Oh, yeah, a trick I learned from Territorial Seed. I planted a pretty red flower (seeds) between the hills of squash. The flowers are suppose to attract honey bees (I hope some are still alive) to polinate the squash blossoms and increase the yield. I also have a couple of varieties of sun flowers to plant at the end of the garden to help attract bees and make the garden look nice.

Visited with D,H, and L yesterday. Had lunch and then had dinner at H's folks. Had not seen H's mom and dad since P went into the hospital for the last operation. I was uneasy visiting with him because he is not quite his old self. He is doing pretty well, but I just did not know what to say. I did not want to embarass him or make H unhappy by asking him something that he could not recall and possibly upset him. I don't know if that would bother him or not. Mostly I just stayed out of the way, or tried to make polite conversation. But, L and I were discussing new research in Germany about the likelihood that the cause of the honey bee die off around the world is due to cell phone usage and P was knowledgeable of that research. To my knowledge that research has not been widely publicized. I heard about it on (where else?), but, NPR. I was surprised and impressed that he was up on that rather obscure news item. P and L are walking every day and she is trying to make nutritious and fattening meals for P so that he can gain some weight back. Unfortunately, L is eating those meals, too, but I could not tell that L had put any weight on. She is looking about the same, but much more tired and, frankly, older. But, why wouldn't she? This has been both a physical and emotional burder for her.

Michael, why do you go to bed?

Ans.--Because the bed won't come to you????

Michael, why did the computer go to the doctor?

Ans.--It had a virus.

Michael, what do you take before every meal?

Ans.--A seat, silly!