On 7/19/2016 10:53 AM, The Cook wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 07:32:36 -0400, songbird
wrote:



with six beehives in the neighboring field
almost any patch of flowers we have are beeing
harvested.

I started to prune some of my herbs about a month ago and noticed
honey bees all over them. That put a quick stop to that idea. DH
mentioned that the next door neighbor had put in a hive. Thank you
Roger.

Other than that the rest of the garden is a mess. The tomato plants
are really meager and the zukes have given up & the cukes haven't done
much either.

Heat, lack of rain and watering are the main problems. Add to that I
have not felt like getting out there like I usually do. The weeds are
taking over. I am not sure that I can still find my rhubarb.

Hopefully I will feel like getting out there more next year.

I'm the lucky one, married a woman 57 years ago who stays healthy, works
hard, loves to garden, and walks a lot. I'm at the point in my life that
walking is a real chore and I don't exercise because I fall over so
easy. All of that and I still enjoy life, do what I can in the garden,
even occasionally run the electric mower for a little while. Tripped in
the garden two days ago and have the bruises to prove it. Bad legs,
wacky brain cells, don't help but I keep on trying.

I, too, hope you get out more next year Susan. We've been correspondents
for a long time. Stay with it, gardening always gives hope to those of
us who like it.

George