2/3/24  Diligence is the mother of good luck. Benjamin Franklin

Clouds, gentle east breeze, 20 degrees.  Partly cloudy today with a north wind and a high of 28 degrees.  Clear skies tonight with a brisk north breeze, a low of 12.  Sunshine tomorrow with a north wind, a high of 30, a low of 13.  Partly cloudy Monday with a north wind, a high of 29, a low of 18.  Sunshine Tuesday with a brisk north breeze, a high of 33, a low of 13.  Sunshine Wednesday with a north breeze, a high of 35, a low of 12. Sunshine Thursday with a light north breeze, a high of 38, a low of 20. Clouds Friday with a SSE breeze, a high of 43, a low of 33. Some showers possible Friday night.  PM showers Saturday with a WSW  breeze, a high of 44, a low of 32.  Partly cloudy next Sunday with a NW breeze, a high of 41, a low of 25. Rain/snow showers next Monday with a NNW breeze, a high of 36, a low of 23.  Cloudy nextTuesday, snow showers Tuesday night with a NNW breeze, a high of 34, a low of 22.   Snow showers on Valentine's Day, 1-3 inches of snow at night.  A NNW breeze with a hgh of 32, a low of 19.  Snow showers in the morning on Thursday the 15th with a stiff NNW breeze, a high of 30, a low of 16.  Some clouds Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th with stiff NNW breezes, highs of 26, lows of 16

   .Heather , Bekah and I  spent yesterday afternoon going over orders and planning the budget for the next five months.  Bekah says she finds all the costs involved in getting ready for the 2024 season scary!  I told her, "I know just how you feel. Even though I had the greenhouse for 19 years I still felt the same."  Scared but excited.  Country Junction will be celebrating twenty years this spring.  I smile as I watch Bekah getting spring fever, as I see her excitement over the green showing in the germination trays.  She Is counting the days until we start the greenhouse fires and the boxes of plus and cutting start arriving.  Jay is already planning how he can best display all the plants that will be arriving at the end of April.  Seeds and supplies like Coast of Maine products come the first week in April.

    We got notice that Gilbert's carrot and cucumber seeds were shipped.  We have a calendar with what we plant each week  written in.  The goal is to have enough self discipline not to plant early.  Especially Gilbert and Jay as they compete to see who will have what first in their vegetable garden.. Heather is so anxious to start making bouquets! She has planted a lot of flower seeds.  She will plant them in the garden under plastic for an early start.

    "Heather" is confusing as we have two Heather's.  Becha's sister Heather is an accountant.  She has kept my books for me for years and now she is helping Bekah. I could not have succeeded with the greenhouse without her keeping track and her advice.  Sister in law Heather grows beautiful flowers and is always glad to help in the greenhouse.  When you go to a local restaurant in the summer there is a good chance that she made the bouquet in the middle of the table.  Sister Heather not only does the books but on busy days you'll often find her at the register in the store.

    May God bless you on this day, Sally