5/9/26  Kindness, every little bit helps.

 37 was our low, some places got frost.  My waves will go out today but I will put remay over them for five  nights.  And part of the day if there is a NW breeze.  A mix of clouds and sun today, more clouds this afternoon.  A brisk SSW breeze today, high 63.  Occasional light rain tonight, low 44.  Showers tomorrow, a stiff south breeze, high 60, low 42.  Cloudy Monday, a stiff NW breeze, high 61, low 39.  Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday.  A strong NNW breeze Tuesday, high 58, low 36.  A brisk west breeze Wednesday, high 62, low 43.  Showers Thursday, a brisk ESE breeze, high 61, low 46.  Showers Friday, a stiff NE breeze, high 58, low 46.  Showers next Saturday, a NW breeze, high 63, low 49. Partly cloudy next Sunday and Monday, stiff west breezes, highs 71, lows 50.  Some morning showers Tuesday the 19th, a stiff WSW breeze, high 70, low 49.  Partly cloudy Wednesday the 20th a stiff NW breeze, high 65, low 47. Possible morning showers Thursday, the 21, a stiff west breeze, high 66, low 49.  Partly cloudy Friday the 22ed, a brisk NW breeze, high 68, low 48.  Possible morning showers Saturday the 23rd, a west breeze, high 65, low 48.

    A good day yesterday.  Fun but very busy between a steady line of customers and unloading the truck. So many beautiful plants, many of them have already left.  The oriole visited the feeders.    A few more hummingbirds came, no females yet.  The rose-breasted grosbeak came back.  He sat on the edge of the feeder and ate instead of just lying in it and eating.  By afternoon we couldn't tell which one had been weak in the morning.

    Tomorrow is Mother's Day.  Jay and Bekah will be open all day, not just in the afternoon after church.  They are expecting today to be very busy, they'll have extra help.  Bekah is out building fence around the orchard.  Mabel ate all the rye cover crop in the garden.  .  Yesterday Mabel got into the horse barn.  The wind must have sucked the door open and then closed it because the door was closed.  She got into the baby chick feed.  There wasn't much, just what wouldn't fit in the feeders.  I was going after feed Monday.  Now I'm going this morning.

    May your day be blessed, Sally

 5/8/26'  TRADE WORRY FOR PRAYER, PEACE BEGINS THERE.'

Sunshine, 37 degrees.  Clouds this afternoon, high 57,a brisk WNW breeze.  Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow.  Tonight's low 35.  A strong SW breeze tomorrow, high 62, low 44.  Showers Sunday and Monday. A stiff south breeze Sunday, high 63, low 44. A NW breeze Monday, high 56, low 40.  Partly cloudy Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  A strong NW breeze Tuesday, high 56, low 39.  A brisk NW breeze Wednesday, high 62, low 40. A south breeze Thursday, high 63, low 44.  Perhaps some morning showers next Friday, a NE breeze, high 64, low 46.  Partly cloudy next weekend, brisk NW breezes, highs 67, lows about 48.  Mostly cloudy Monday, the 18th, high 67, low 47.  Partly cloudy the rest of the week, westerly breezes, highs about 66, lows about 46.

    I had a very nice birthday yesterday.  Everytime I'd go to do something I usually do, Bekah had already done it.  So I got to do some extra things on my list and look at all the birthday wishes on FB. Several family members stopped by to visit and wish me happy birthday plus phone calls.  Maigin made a lovely supper .  Everyone sang Happy Birthday, Alexander blew out my candles for me.

    Today the Prides Corner order comes.  We are always excited for it to come.  The plants come ready to sell and they are always beautiful.  It is such a large order that our sales area is full.  And the hummingbirds are happy.  I'm hoping to put some bows of waves on top of the septic tank today.  I'll cover them with remay nights.  The hummingbirds love them.  And I want them to have something to eat besides sugar water.

  One of my feeders is a platform feeder.  This morning at daylight a rose breasted grosbeak was laying in the feeder eating.  He laid there eating for a long time.  Then flew to a branch and sat there soaking up the morning sun.  We think he just got here and was very hungry and worn out.  He's gone now.  The oriole came to eat some grape jelly why Andrew and Gayle were watching the birds.

   May your day be blessed, Sally

 5/7/26  Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. Thomas Edison

  2 inches of rain.  Clearing skies, 42 degrees.  Partly cloudy this afternoon, high of 59, brisk WNW breeze.  Mostly clear tonight, low 37. Partly cloudy tomorrow, a NW breeze, high 56, low 35.  Mostly cloudy Saturday, showers Saturday night.  A strong SW breeze, high 62, low 45.  Occasional showers Sunday, Mother's Day, a stiff south breeze, high 62, low 45.  Showers Monday, a NW breeze, high 58, low 41. Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday, highs about 660, lows 38.  A strong NW breeze Tuesday, a brisk west breeze Wednesday.  Partly cloudy early next Thursday, some late day showers.  A SE breeze, high 60, low 42.  Morning showers next Friday, sun and clouds in the afternoon.  A NE breeze, high61, low 47.  Some showers Saturday the 16th, a NW breeze, high 65, low 48.  Partly cloudy Sunday the 17th and Monday the 18th, brisk west breezes, high 65, lows 47.  Partly cloudy the next three days, perhaps a shower on Tuesday. Brisk westerly breezes, highs 67, low 48.

     Very thankful for the rain.  Everything is a beautiful green.  Dandelions are popping up everywhere.  There is bamboo finding its way from under the mulch.  This afternoon there will be a "dig out bamboo" party.  Orioles and hummingbirds were at the feeders yesterday. a beautiful indigo bunting came to the feeders a few times.  They don't usually stay, they prefer to live on the edge of the woods.  A wood thrush was here early this morning.  It also likes to be close to woodland.  The catbirds and rose breasted grosbeaks are back.  We think the hummingbirds were just passing through, not our hummingbirds.

    Prides Corner Farm have scheduled our delivery for tomorrow afternoon.  We had hoped they would be here earlier in the week.  It is a large order.  Their plants are always beautiful. The nursery will be bursting with plants.  Just in time for the hummingbirds .Strawberry and blueberry plants came yesterday.  The perennials Bekah started are growing nicely.

   May your day be blessed, Sally

4/6/26  The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Be it be planting a garden or cleaning a house.

Light rain, 50 degrees.  Cloudy this morning, rain this afternoon and evening into the night.  A SSE wind, high 60, low tonight 43.  Mostly cloudy tomorrow, a brisk WNW breeze, high 58, low 37.  Partly cloudy Friday, a stiff NW breeze, high 56, low 35.  Mostly cloudy Saturday, a stiff SSW breeze, high 58, low 43.  Mostly cloudy Sunday, a strong SSW breeze, high 63, low 46.  Rain Sunday night and Monday.An ENE breeze Monday, high 54, low 42.  Partly cloudy Tuesday and next Wednesday,  A stiff NW breeze Tuesday, high 59, low 37. A SW breeze next Wednesday, high 57, low 42.  Showers Wednesday night into Thursday morning.  Some sun Thursday afternoon.  A west breeze Thursday, high 62, low 41.  Mostly cloudy next Friday, a SW breeze, high 63, low 44.
Showers Friday night.  Perhaps a shower Saturday morning, some afternoon sun. a stiff west breeze, high 62, low 43. Mostly cloudy Sunday the 17th, a WNW breeze, high 63, low 45. Showers Sunday night and Monday the 18th, a stiff WNW breeze, high 63, low 45. Partly cloudy Tuesday the 19th, a WNW breeze, high 63, low 45.  Showers Wednesday the 20th.
   I think I saw a hummingbird this morning.  I had made food, 1 cup of sugar dissolved in 4 cups of boiling water, but I hadn't put the feeders out.  They are out now.  
   We have walla walla onions,  plenty to plant and plenty to sell.  Walla Walla onions are a sweet, mild, and juicy onion, known for their low sulfur content, making them ideal for eating raw in salads, sandwiches, and salsas, as well as for cooking methods like grilling, roasting, and sautéing. They are a "true" sweet onion, with a high sugar content and high water content.  I used to grow both Walla Walla and Alisha Craig.  The last few years we've just grown Alisha Craig because they bulb up a little quicker and we think they store better.  We are just using up the last of ours.  this year we'll store some Walla Walla in the refrigerator vegetable drawer.  We have redwing onion, an excellent storage onion.  We  have redwing plants to sell and we're planting some.  We'll store redwings for late winter and spring.  Both varieties will be for sale on the stand.

   Jay cleaned the chimney and stove pipe yesterday,  Bekah cleaned under the oven and I scrubbed the outside and put stoveblack on the top.  Now I have to order new firebricks for the firebox.

    May your day be blessed, Sally

 4/5/36  You cannot change yesterday or begin tomorrow until it is here. So the only thing is to make today as sweet as can be.

Sunshine, 45 degrees.  Partly cloudy today, a SSW wind this afternoon and evening.  Rain tonight,  High 75, tonight's low 45 with a light SSW wind.  Afternoon and overnight rain tomorrow. A strong SE breeze, high 59, low 44. Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday.  Brisk NW breezes.  Thursday's high 61, low 40.  Friday's high 58, low 37. Mostly cloudy Saturday, a stiff SSW breeze, high 57, low 44. Morning showers Sunday, Mother's Day, rain Sunday night,  A strong south breeze, high 63, low 46.  Showers Monday, a NW breeze, high 57, low 42.  Morning showers, some afternoon sun next Tuesday, a brisk NW breeze, high 60, low 40. Partly cloudy next Wednesday, a brisk SW breeze, high 60, low 44.  Showers next Thursday and Friday, brisk west breezes, highs about 60, lows 43. Partly cloudy the weekend of the 16th and 17th and Monday the 18th.  Brisk NW breezes, highs in the low sixties, lows about 45.  Mostly cloudy Tuesday the 19th, a NW breeze, high 64, low 44.
       Baltimore orioles and hummingbirds are in New York and Rhode Island.  Heather and Mike gave me sunflower seeds for my birthday.  Now I can afford to refill the feeders whenever they run out. even if it's a couple times a day..  I just  filled them.  I know the finches will leave as soon as the dandelions go to seed.  I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say there are a hundred of them.  As soon as there are bugs the titmice and nuthatches will leave.  Kaden got rid of my Christmas trees so the cat can't hide under them.  She runs away so fast when the door opens I can't get her with the water pistol.  She got dropped off here and hasn't learned that the kitchen is not a good place for cats.

      There was a steady stream of customers yesterday.  All the customers assured Bekah and Jay that they understood that the plants couldn't just be put out, that they had to be introduced to these cold windy days a little at a time.  Some of the flowers have been hardened off, the ones that are outside can stay outside.  I'm going  to start putting my flowers out, wrapped in remay.  I'm putting out my hummingbird feeders today but I want real flowers for them as soon as possible.  Friday night's 37 is cold but at least we don't have snow in the forecast like some places do.

    This morning, before the wind starts, I'm going to finish mulching the flower garden off the back deck with newspapers and straw.  Then I'm going to put an old piece of clear plastic over the straw to warm the soil up.  It is on the north side of the house, the last place the snow melts.

   May your day be blessed, Sally

 4/4/26  Just because the calendar says spring doesn’t mean the season has settled — patience now prevents losses later.

This is Open Greenhouse Week.  Total rain the last few days, three and a half inches.  Sunshine this morning, rain this afternoon, cloudy this evening, partly cloudy overnight.  Last night's low 37, today's high 59, tonight's low 42.  A strong WSW breeze today.  Partly cloudy tomorrow, a brisk SWS breeze, high 74, low 52.  Afternoon rain Wednesday, a stiff SE breeze. high 55, low 46.Morning showers Thursday, afternoon sun, a NW breeze, high 61, low 42.  Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday, highs 56, lows 38 and 42.  A Stiff NW breeze Friday, a brisk SW breeze Saturday. Cloudy Mother's Day and next Monday, possible showers, a brisk SW breeze. High 60, low 41.  Cloudy next Tuesday, a NW breeze, high 58, low 43.  Partly cloudy next Wednesday, a brisk NW breeze, high 57, low 41.  Possible showers Thursday the 14th, Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th with brisk westerly breezes.  High about 60, lows about 44.  Partly cloudy Sunday the 17th, a brisk west breeze, highs 63, low 43.  Rain Monday the 18th, a brisk SW breeze, high 61, low 43.

    This is the first day of Open Greenhouse Week.  Daily door prizes and tours.  During the month of May the greenhouse is open Monday through Saturday and Sunday afternoons.  The rest of the season we are closed Sunday and Monday.  Strawberry Plants are enroute.  Our Prides Corner Farm order is coming this week.  Our large nursery order from Bailey's came several days ago.  The fruit trees and shrubs are all potted, just waiting for their forever home.

Small nursery orders have come and are potted.

  By mistake they sent Redwing onions instead of Alisha Craig.  The Redwing onions are a good storage onin, flavorful and the size up nicely.  Our favorite, the large sweet Spanish Alisha Craig are supposed to be enroute.  The Redwings are available now, we should have Alisha Craig some day this week.

   May your day be blessed, Sally

 5/2/26  We all agree forgiveness is a beautiful idea, until it is time for us to practice it.

Woke up to sunshine.  Clouds quickly moved in. Occasional showers this morning, light rain this afternoon, steady rain tonight and tomorrow. A SE breeze
today, high 49.  tonight's low 39.  A brisk north breeze tomorrow, high 48, low 36.  Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday. A strong SW breeze Monday, high 61, low 42.  A SW wind Tuesday, high 74, low 52.  A strong SW breeze Wednesday with rain, high 60, low 46.  A NW breeze Thursday with rain, high 57, low 44.  Some sun after morning showers Friday, strong west breeze, high 55, low 38.  Partly cloudy next Saturday, a brisk SW breeze, high 57, low 40.  Showers Mother's Day with a SW breeze, high 60, low 42.  Partly cloudy Monday the 11th, a WNW breeze, high 60, low 43. Showers Tuesday the 12th, a NW breeze, high 62, low 46.  Cloudy Wednesday the 13th, a NE breeze, high 63, low 46. Showers Thursday the 14th, a SW breeze, high 63, low 46.  Partly cloudy Friday the 15th, a brisk SW breeze, high 65, low 47.  Showers Saturday the 16th, a brisk NW breeze, high 59, low 46.
    Forecast of showers starting at 7;45 was wrong, the sun is weakly shining.  Things we wanted to do before showers started are done.  Except for cleaning the chimney.  We decided the stove wouldn't be cool enough to clean the chimney for a couple of hours and put wood on it.  Walking on a wet metal roof didn't seem wise.  We've had enough things go wrong.
    I need to take a page out of my sons and grandson's book.  Andrew stopped by to visit yesterday.  He said he is working a couple of hours most mornings, Sometimes if he starts ealy he can work some more in the afternoon.  He was upbeat, thankful for what he can do.  The other day Darel was very pleased that he got the blueberries done.  He was happy about accomplishing it, not frustrated that a four hour job took nine hours because of needed breaks.  Instead of giving thanks for what I'm able to do I tend to look at what isn't done and get irked at myself discouraged.
    The flowers are doing great even though we haven't had a lot of sun.  Bekah rearranged the geraniums so they have more room.  Today she is working on

petunias.  Tonight is supposed to be our last cold night.  I'n going to put together my pots of petunias that go on the back deck and the septic tank.  I'll set them out with remay wrapped around them.  The remay will be enough to protect them why they harden off.

    May your day be blessed, Sally