Helen -- I must say that this is one of the most ingenious things I have ever heard.... I can't wait for Sunday morning! Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T. Matthew Evans Geosystems Group School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355 URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An old German gentleman I knew, used to take a syringe into his garden in the morning & inject his cherry tomatoes with vodka. By cocktail time he'd have Bloody Mary's on the vine - as it were. I always thought of taking my hab vodka & doing the same...Less work & mess than getting the pieces into the 'mater. Helen