5/2/25  Diligence is the mother of good luck. Benjamin Franklin.

04 inch of rain so far this morning.  Raining, calm, 45 degrees.  Rain for the next few hours, then a mid morning break of a few hours.  A few more hours of rain around noon, cloudy the rest of the day.  Foggy tonight.  A SSE breeze, a high of 52.  A gentle south breeze tonight with a low of 48.  Afternoon and overnight showers tomorrow with a WNW breeze, a high of 67, a low of 48.  Morning showers Sunday with a  WNW breeze, a high of 58, a low of 43.  Cloudy Monday with an ENE breeze, a high of 66, a low of 45. PM and overnight rain Tuesday with a Brisk SE breeze, a high of 59, a low of 52.  Showers Wednesday with a brisk SSW breeze, a high of 64, a low of 48.  Morning clouds/afternoon sun Thursday with a brisk NNW breeze, a high of 59, a low of 40.  Party cloudy next Friday with a north breeze, a high of 63, a low of 41. Partly cloudy next Saturday with a brisk west breeze a high of 70, a low of 49.  Partly cloudy Sunday, May 11th, Mother's Day with a brisk NNW breeze, a high of 71, a low of 48.  Part cloudy the 12th, 13th, and 14th with brisk NW breezes, highs about 65, lows of 47, 45, and 49.  Partly cloudy Thursday the 15th and Friday the 16th with stiff WNW breezes, hits about 70, lows of 49.

    A big day at the nursery yesterday.  Prides Corner Farm truck arrived mid day with a large order of shrubs and perennials, all potted up, ready to take home and plant.  The just barely got all those plants where they belonged when the barefoot order from Bailey's in Minnesota came.  It wasn't scheduled to arrive until today.  By nightfall the fruit trees all had their roots in tubs of water.  Some of the shrubs' roots are wrapped and the shrubs are boxed. Shrubs with unprotected roots also had their roots set in water.  It didn't take them very long to unload the truck even though the were doing it by hand.  When they finished unloading they gave the driver a tour.  He has been delivering too greenhouses for some time but had never been inside one.  He was impressed, so many plants, so much green, so many beautiful flowers.  He said that even though no one had offered to give him a tour before he liked delivering to Maine because Maine people were so nice.

     I uncovered my Mischief rose and tied it up to the trellis yesterday.  It looks good,  So does my pink bush rose.  I think I'l move it, the purple cone flower  are crowding it..  My climbing rose has gotten so large I didn't try to lay it down and cover it last fall.  It looks like it is leafing out.  The Wm Buffin rose in the kitchen garden never has a problem with winter.  I just have to keep cutting it back.

     A busy day ahead, Potting up the barefoot fruit trees and shrubs.  Lots of rose bushes are in that load.   May your day be blessed, Sally