Eli took it all in stride. He wasn’t in it for glory. But he did buy a new sign—professionally made this time—mounted on a steel post at the corner of his property: “PRIVATE FARMLAND—NO PARKING TRESPASSERS WILL BE PLOWED AROUND (AGAIN)”
It had a small image of a tractor beneath the text. Margaret called it “modern art.” The SilverMart eventually responded to the whole fiasco by expanding their lot. Construction crews came in one weekend and cleared the back section of their property to make room for twenty more spaces. That seemed to fix the overflow problem for good.