First Harvest

It's awfully late in the season for a first harvest, but this is our first opportunity. We planted four little plants last spring - one zucchini, one tomato and two green peppers - and since then we've lost two bell peppers and two tomatoes. We have however harvested one giant zucchini.

It was huge. We were out of town for a few days and it seemed to have exploded while we were gone. It also housed a Mama spider and her 300 babies. I picked it up and dozens of baby spiders scampered. Then when I thought it was safe, Mama spun down just a few inches from my hand. This is dangerous work!

Despite the spiders, Ben and I celebrated our harvest. He was so excited, he bit the zucchini with his only teeth - two on the bottom.



Here are his little teeth marks.



I have to say, this zucchini was not tasty. I added it to shrimp fettuccine and it was so wooden, Chuck asked, "What is this, cucumber?" If it weren't for that little tag in the ground by the plant, I would wonder too.

Maybe the next one will be better...I see it growing out there.

The Kitten has a New Name

We changed the kitten's name. Leon simply didn't have enough nickname opportunities. Other than Peon - thank you for that suggestion Sarah - there weren't a lot of options. Mom, stated calling him Link referencing the Mod Squad. She kept saying "One black, one white, one blonde." Having never seen an episode of the Mod Squad, I looked them up and found out Link was actually Linc short for special agent Lincoln Hayes. The name stuck. Linc's new namesake is the man on the left.




Now we have "One black, one brown, one blonde".