4/7/21 To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.

Clouds, light NW breeze, 45 degrees.  A stiff NNE breeze today with a high of 58, generally cloudy.  A low of 44 tonight.  Cloudy tomorrow with a NNE breeze, a high of 61 and a low of 40.  Partly cloudy Friday with a light NNE breeze, a high of 66 and a low of 44.  Partly cloudy Saturday with a NNE breeze, a high of 63 and a low of 37.  Partly cloudy Sunday with a brisk NNE breeze, a high of 60 and a low of 40. Morning clouds Monday with afternoon sun, a high of 57, a stiff NE breeze and a low of 41. Cloudy Tuesday with a stiff north breeze, a high of 55 and a low of 40.  Showers next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with stiff north breezes, highs about 50, lows about 40 Wednesday andThursday, 35 on Friday.  Cloudy the weekend of the 17th and 18th with stiff NNW breezes, highs about 50, lows about 34.  Just a little warmer the week of the 19th.

     Yesterday was a good day.  The trays of wave petunias were all pruned and moved to the petunia cold frame.   When it got full we moved the rest to the hoop house  .  Shock waves, snap dragons and african daisies are in the hoop house too.

    Lil Mike has joined the crew, yesterday his Lexi and baby Addi helped too.  (We have two Lexi's, Mike's Lexi and Doug's daughter Lexi)  Mike set the new greenhouse up as a potting shed. He and Lexi got the echinaceas potted up.  Today Debbie and Bekah will move all the echinaceas and the poppies into one of the temporary cold frames.

     The pansies and violas are outside.  Also the lettuce and swiss chard.  They are covered with remay.  We can't move that many plants in and out to harden them off so we wrap the plants in remay to help them make the transition.

      Mike put some rocks and cement blocks at the entrances the skunks and woodchucks have used to get under the house.  We are hoping that will be enough to deter them where the are none living there now.

      Coast of Maine products come today.  Quite a few other things are on the truck too.  Busy days ahead.

      May God be with you this day, Sally