Deer Isle Hostel

This past week we’ve completed all 9 smaller window units and put the first coat of paint on. We’re keeping pace here folks’ and we’re doing it good. Dennis and MikeJoe have been jamming out the hand tools and the table saw, adding one piece to another and if the sun just keeps shining a little longer, we’ll have them painted and up in no time.

   The crazy rain last week turned our new flower bed into a ditch, so a new one had to be dug right across our driveway. The gardens have done great with the rain and the sun taking turns the last week, and they will do even better next year, cause of all the compost we’re preparing. We got three 55 gallon drums of crab waste delivered, a new sustainability project here on the island, to put the crab shells in use as fertilizer as opposed to just getting rid of it.      

   We mixed it with seaweed we harvested and leafs we gathered. That will get our garden going next spring, even with the expansion we’re planning. The lesson is; use what you got. For us it’s just around the corner, it’s free and abundant. Crab waste, sea weed and leafs, all what will feed the hostel guests next year.

Til next week,

// Deer Isle Hostel Crew