Entry the fourteenth: In which I stop writing about bugs for a little while

These are "Bush Early Girl" tomatoes. I tried the first one yesterday and it was really good, but not spectacular. I am still sad the heirloom variety I tried to grow early this summer fizzled, but I am mollified by the fact that no one* had much luck with tomatoes this year.

I shouldn’t fret about the tomatoes, however, because the cucumbers I grew early this summer were amazing, and now I’m getting ready to harvest my second crop of Japanese eggplants. I used this recipe to stir-fry the first batch and now I can’t wait to do it again as soon as these guys are a little larger.



In other news, I’ve started my first knitting project in 9 years. Yikes! It’s going to be a sweater (I haven’t decided yet between a cardigan or pullover) and as you can see, I’m getting some help.



Valerie has been even more help than Sylvie (you're shocked, no?) and is the one who helped** me get started. More about the sweater and where I got the yarn soon.

*”No one” = me, my godmother, a family friend, my sister (in upstate New York), or the guy teaching the “Summer Tomato Sensations” class at Great News.

**”Helped” = figured out my gauge, found a starter pattern, and retaught me how to cast on. My fingers remember how to knit and purl, but I’ve never actually learned anything else. Like how to read a knitting pattern. Or fix mistakes.