Fresh Picks

Our first grape tomatoes have ripened! I also picked the first eggplant, only 5 inches long, but enough to add to the already plentiful zucchini for a little giambotta!

Potato Blight Hits Eliot

John and I spent the weekend digging up the Early Rose and Katahdin potatoes down at the cabin garden. Late blight has struck, so we salvaged most of the crop and have begun a spraying regimen to save the Kennebecs and tomatoes. I pulled the Early Rose at the house as well, although they seemed to have suffered more from wireworm damage and maybe too much moisture in that location. The cabin garden yielded some very interesting potatoes--a family of Mr. Potato Heads. One even reminded me of Wallace from "Wallace & Gromit".

The House Gets a Facelift

The house is looking really nice--no more Band-Aid brown with toothpaste green trim! The crew worked all weekend (since it finally wasn't raining) and got the first complete coat on. What a difference. Even the mailman liked it. He left a note "The house looks great. Nice color!" I'm not sure what to do about the ugly wood front steps. Granite would be nice, but may settle for something a lot less pricey.