2/1/25  Fill your bird feeder withwith black oil sunflower seeds to attract a variety of feathered friends who’ll help control pests in your garden come spring."

Clouds this morning, sun this afternoon, clear and cold tonight.  A NW wind today with a high of 18.  A strong NW breeze tonight with a low of -5.  Clouds tomorrow with a WSW breeze, a high of 20, a low of 15. 1-3 inches of snow tomorrow night with a light SE breeze.  Morning snow showers Monday with a SW breeze.  Monday's high 36, the low 25.  Partly cloudy Tuesday with a light NW wind, a high og 31, a low of 4.  Sunshine Wednesday with a WSW breeze, a high of 20, a low of 3.  2-4 inches of snow Thursday/Thursday night with an ESE breeze with a high 31, a low of 26.  Partly cloudy Friday with a light WNW wind, a high of 33, a low of 10.  Partly cloudy next Saturday with a WNW breze,  high of 25, a low of 7.  1-3 inches of snow next Sunday with a north breeze, a high of 27, a low of 13.  Partly cloudy next Monday and Tuesday with brisk NW breezes, highs of 27, lows about 10.  Pm Fog Wednesday the 12th with a WNW breeze, a high of 29, a low of 14.  Snow showers Thursday the 13th with a NWN breeze, a high of 27, a low of 16.  Cloudy the 14th and 15th with brisk WNW breezes, highs about 30, lows about 13.

     Yesterday's warmer temperatures and careful attention to the fires made it so we got up to a warm house this morning.  The chickens have rooms in the horse barn.  I'm hoping they warmed up too .Bekah is having to give them fresh water about three times a day plus going out with the teakettle of hot water.  Bekah has been concerned there would be damp off  of the seedlings in the laundry room.  I think running the air purifier in there for the skunk smell moves enough air to help.  Once we switch to the greenhouse there are fans on the seedlings.  The east breeze comes across the fields with nothing to slow it down before it hits the house.  The new greenhouse will be sheltered from the east by the old greenhouse.

     Heather and Mike came out yesterday.  Heather and Bekah went over the budget.  No income and lots of money going out means careful attention and planning.  Especially this year with the money being spent to get the new greenhouse up and running.  Bekah and Jay are having to be very frugal to make sure there is enough money. Why Mike was here he made a little set of shelves for the dishes Ruby got for her 2ed birthday last week.  She was right into lining the little dishes up  on the little shelves.These kids are blessed with lots of Uncles and Great Uncles who love kids..

    Flower Heather planted nearly a hundred bareroots of ranunculus yesterday,  They are crowded now but will be moving out to the greenhouse when they start to grow.  She is starting flowers at her house and here.  As soon as the greenhouse fires start she will move them to it.  Darel built her a greenhouse last summer.  As the greenhouse gets crowded she will move to her greenhouse.  And Bekah will move plants  to her new greenhouse.  Heather wants to be able to offer bouquets earlier this year.  Besides having more hanging baskets Bekah wants to have more flower seedlings that can be planted early like the pansies.  With the new greenhouse Bekah hopes to avoid running out of pepper plants and marigolds.  

     Having two granddaughters named Heather involved in the greenhouse is confusing.  "Flower" Heather is married to grandson Darel and raises flowers.  Both Darel and Heather help Bekah and Jay.  The other Heather grew up helping me in the greenhouse and does the books.

     I have to go feed the birds and fill their heated water. More and more birds are coming to the feeders. Bekah already got rid of the ice and  gave the chickens fresh water.  

     May your day be blessed. Sally