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Re: Was: chili terror; Now: Aging Gardeners

I hope you found a way to pass on her tomato planting wisdom to others so
she will live on in their gardens.
Martha


On 10/7/07, Mjkoaktreecottag@aol.com <Mjkoaktreecottag@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Two years ago in May'05, despite a more serious stroke than her previous
> ones, Mama declared that she was going to plant her tomatoes herself
> that year
> or die. She wanted to be sure that it was "done right". (I  have been
> planting
> them in my own garden, more or less the way she taught  me, almost 40
> years.)
> She only missed one other year, the spring of '04,  but in '03 she did
> manage
> to get them in herself by holding onto her walker with  one
> hand.  However,
> in '05 it was just an impossibility, and she died that  summer at
> 96.  Life
> without her garden was, for her, just not worth  living...
>
>
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