I watchedthe vice president nominee last night. I guess if that is the best she could do to campaign, it is a pretty poorstatement of what the Republicans are offering. If the most they can do is talk about the Democrats, obscure the fact that she did try to get the bridge to nowhere, hired a lawyer to try to get earmarks for her town, then how is she for change?

She bragged about her vetoes. What did she veto? That is more interesting than that she vetoed stuff. Why didn't she say what she vetoed?

The whole convention keeps bringing up Reagan. Is that where they are living? We need to think today, not 30 years ago. Speaking of Reagan and Bush, it should be pointed out that each of them created record deficits during their administrations. Where is the fiscal conservatism in that? Why is Reagan a hero? He killed plans to make America energy self-sufficient begun by Carter. He killed the change to the metric system. He created huge debts for the country. All I hear to his credit is his rhetoric, the very criticism the Republicans are leveling at Obama. Where is the consistency?

Enough of my rant for now. I have been thinking about our garden. We have a raised bed "Square Foot Garden." it is in 2 2'x8'x2' boxes that our neighbor calls coffins. We grew string beans, radishes, basil, tomatos, peppers, eggplant, carrots and onions. The tomatos are the most successful. The radishes are the biggest failures. The radishes grew very large tops with no radish under the ground. My brother told me that I did not plant the seeds deep enough. We will try some different things next year.