5/29/26 May was supposed to be Nature’s Way of Saying, “Let’s party”   Not let''s shiver!

Some sun, 40 degrees.  Mostly cloudy today, slight chance of a shower.  A strong ENE breeze, high 60.  Rain early tonight, an ENE breeze, low of 40.

Cloudy tomorrow, a light NE wind, high 57, low 39. PM showers Sunday, a NE breeze, high 65, low 43.  Mostly cloudy Monday, a north breeze, high 65, low 45. Rain Tuesday, a north breeze, high 61, low 44.  Partly cloudy Wednesday through the weekend of the 6th and 7th. A north breeze Wednesday, high 70, low 48. A brisk NW breeze Thursday, high 81, low 56. A stiff SW breeze Friday, high 82, low 60. Brisk NW breezes on the weekend, highs 75, lows 52.  Fog Monday the 8th, a NW breeze, high 76, low 54.  Partly cloudy the next three days, brisk WNW breezes, highs 78, lows 56.

     We are debating whether to take measures against frost. Jay and Bekah have been stressing about being behind planting the garden.  As we watch other vegetable growers putting out hundreds of feet of remay.  The strawberry growers have their spray irrigation set up. Having so many customers has been wonderful and not being able to plant is perhaps a double blessing.   We may see some patches of frost in the orchard but not around the buildings.  And I really don't expect any frost up here on this hill.

     I have an early doctor's appointment in Sangerville.  May your day be blessed, Sally

 5/28/26  Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller

Cold weather has returned!  Today will be cloudy with a strong north breeze.  Cloudy tonight, a north breeze, a low of 42.  Cloudy tomorrow and Saturday, A NE breeze tomorrow, a light NE wind Saturday.  Highs about 57, lows in the upper thirties.  PM showers Sunday, overnight and Monday. A NW breeze Sunday, high 64, low 44. A NE breeze Monday, high 60, low 42. Mostly cloudy Tuesday, a brisk NE breeze, high 62, low 43. Partly cloudy Wednesday through Thursday June 11th. Wednesday's high 72, low 49.  A north breeze Thursday, high 80, low 54.  Brisk NW breezes next Friday and Saturday.  Friday's high 83, low 58.  Saturday's high 78, low 52.  Highs Sunday the 7th and Monday the 8th in the mid seventies, lows 50 and 53. Brisk WNW breezes the next three days, highs about 80, lows about 56.

   Yesterday was a lovely day weatherwise and we got a lot done. The loop is late because I was tired and slept until six-thirty.  I'm working in so many different flower beds I'm not getting any done.  Today I should get two finished so I can check them  off the list.  The local mill no longer sells mulch and we haven't found a place to buy more.  We are being frugal with what we have left which slows me down.

   Bekah watched me feed the hummingbirds this morning, they were flying all around my head.  She said they must recognize me.  She has filled  the window feeder a few times and they all fly up in the tree or over in the bushes.  I have to bring the oriole feeder in and clean it nearly every time I fill it because the grape jelly is messy.  I wash the humming bird feeders every few days.  I filled the sunflower seed feeders, it's been about four days since I filled them.

   The nursery has been open Sundays and Mondays during May.  This Sunday is the last Sunday we will be open.  Monday is June first, the nursery will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays through October..  Hours are nine to five-thirty weekdays, nine to four Saturdays.

   May your day be blessed, Sally

  

 5/27/26  You cannot wait for an untroubled world to have an untroubled moment , it is best to grab what wonderful moments you find lying around. 

High, thin clouds, 61 degrees.  Partly cloudy today, high 79, a strong WNW breeze.  Partly cloudy tonight, a north breeze, low 50.  Cloudy tomorrow and Friday, A strong north breeze tomorrow, lighter Friday.  Highs around 60, lows about 50.  Cloudy Saturday, a strong NE breeze, high 51. low 37.  A chance of showers as a coastal storm goes by Maine.  Partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday, June 8th.  A NEN breeze Sunday, high 61, low 40. North breezes Monday and Tuesday, highs about 66, lows about  44. A NW breeze Wednesday, high 74, low 50.  West breezes next Thursday and Friday, highs in the low 80s, lows in the mid fifties. WSW breezes the weekend of the 6th and 7th, highs about 78, lows about 55. West breezes Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, highs around 80, lows around 57.  Isolated thunderstorms Wednesday.

    I'm only filling the bird feeders with sunflower seed every third day now.  The horse chestnut is in blossom as are a lot of other plants so the hummingbirds are emptying their feeders so fast.  We have a scarlet tanager couple nesting nearby, they come to the sunflower feeders a few times a day.  Our egg yolks are always a deeper color than store bought.  Now that they are getting greens everyday they are an even deeper yellow.  I made butter yesterday, it is a beautiful deep yellow.  Next week we can start planting tomatoes and other vegetables that need warmth to thrive.  Tomorrow we'll start the wood cook range again to keep us warm this week.

   May your day be blessed, Sally.

 5/26/26  Live in each season ; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of the earth. -- Henry David Thoreau

 Sunshine, 57 degrees.  A NE breeze will become a brisk west breeze with a high of 81.  Some clouds this afternoon and overnight, low 61.  Partly cloudy tomorrow, a strong NW breeze, high 76. low 49.  Cloudy Thursday, a strong north breeze, high 56. low 42. Mostly cloudy Friday, a NEN breeze, high 59, low 42.  50% chance of showers Saturday and Saturday night. a strong NE breeze, high 54, low 39.  Mostly cloudy Sunday, a brisk north breeze, high 64, low 43.  Partly cloudy Monday, north breeze, high 64, low 45.  Partly cloudy next Tuesday, a NW breeze, high 69, low 49.  Partly cloudy next Wednesday through June 9th, WNW breezes, highs in the mid to upper seventies, lows about 54.   We got a nice rain, an inch and a quarter.  Saturday's forecast of showers wasn't in yesterday's forecast but more moisture is good.   

   A beautiful day.  Unfortunately the forecast says we better wait until next week to set out warm loving plants like tomatoes.  Up here on the hill we won't get frost but whenever the low is forecast to be in the thirties, even 39, some one seems to get frost.

   There has been a steady line of customers, many plants, shrubs and fruit trees left.  But I'm looking out the window at display benches full of beautiful flowers.  Bekah says she finally started enough peppers so she didn't run out Memorial weekend.There are even hanging baskets left.  And geraniums.

   Our bees came last  night.  We are renting a hive for pollination.  We have lots of bumblebees but it takes a lot of bees to pollinate our cucumbers and other vegetables.  We've lost our bees the last few winters.

     May your day be blessed, Sally

 5/25/26  May we take time this Memorial Day to remember and honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

It is raining, It will continue raining heavily until early afternoon.  An ENE breeze, high 64. Clear to partly cloudy tonight, low 52.  There are no showers or rain in the forecast through June 7th. Partly cloudy tomorrow and Wednesday. A brisk west breeze tomorrow, high 81, low 59.  A Stiff NW breeze Wednesday, high 77, low 50.  Cloudy Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A stiff north breeze Thursday, high 58, low 44.  NE breezes Friday and Saturday, highs 57 lows 42.  Partly cloudy Sunday through Saturday the 6th.  a brisk north breeze Sunday, high 64, low 45.  Brisk NW breezes next Monday and Tuesday.  Monday's high 66, low 46.  Tuesday's high 73, low 52.  West breezes the next four days.  Wednesday's high 78, low 53.  Highs in the low to mid eighties the next three days, lows 56.  Fog Sunday the 7th, a Brisk SW breeze, high 80, low 57.

   The rain is interfering with people's holiday plans but we are thankful for it.  The plants Bekah has put out on the display benches are enjoying it,  she is happy not to be watering them.  Last night she watered everything left in the greenhouses.  Looking at the weather we know today is our only break from watering.  I'll keep trying to get  the flower boxes and gardens around the house planted.  Flowers for us to enjoy and Bekah to not have to water.

    Jay and Bekah have help coming tomorrow to lay the black plastic for the squash and cucumbers.  They want to trap in the moisture before it has a chance to evaporate.  Soaker hoses will be planted with the cucumbers.  Soaker hoses will go in the rows of other vegetables that will be mulched with straw.

    This morning our neglected house will get some TLC.  This afternoon I'm celebrating big Andrew's birthday with his family.  

     May your day be blessed, Sally

 5/23/26  We may be changing our Memorial Day plans because of the forecast but "We must never forget. We are forever grateful."

Sunshine now, more clouds and blackflies this afternoon.  A light NE breeze, high 67.  Cloudy tonight, low 43. Cloudy tomorrow with a brisk south breeze, high 61.  Showers tomorrow night, low 46.  Rain Monday morning, afternoon showers, high 58. a light NE breeze. A few clouds Monday night, low 49. Dry weather is forecast from Tuesday through June 5th.  Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday, NW breezes, highs 78 and 72.  Lows 53 and 48.  Cloudy Thursday, Friday and next Saturday, north breezes, highs in the mid sixties, lows 46. Partly cloudy next Sunday through Wednesday the 3rd.  High Sunday 66, 73 Monday and Tuesday, low 48.  Wednesday The 3rd high 77, the low 54.  A WSW breeze Thursday the 4th with a high of 81, low of 57.  Warm Friday the 5th, possible showers.

    A steady line of customers yesterday.  No one had time for lunch until two, then they took turns.  Less for Bekah to water. We hope customers will soak their new plants a couple times a week. Even established plants may need a weekly soaking.  Containers and hanging plants need daily watering.

   The male oriole singing for a mate is back singing.  He flirted with a tiny female for a while but must have decided she wasn't up to raising a family.

   Yesterday I went to the hardware stores for carabiner clips to put up the flag. (Today someone will find out where they were put last November when we took the flag down.)  Everyone's yards look so nice.  Our mower is sitting by the tall grass, all gassed up ready to mow, no one has had time to use it!  I'm slowly getting the flower beds cleaned and new mulch around the perennials.  The garden by the door is planted,  I'm hoping to get the flagpole flower bed done today.  When I water this morning I'm leaving the remay off the waves.

   May your day be blessed, Sally

 5/22/26  If you want to believe the world is terrible watch the news.  If you want to belive the world is beautiful spend time in a garden.

Sunny, calm, 39 degrees.  A strong NW breeze today, high 66. Clea tonight, a NW breeze, low 41. Partly cloudy tomorrow, a light NE breeze, high 66, low 43.  Cloudy Sunday, a stiff south breeze, high 62, low 46. Rain Sunday night.  Showers Monday,a light east breeze, high 57, low 49.  Partly cloudy Tuesday through Friday, June 5th w breezes through the 3rd, west breezes the 4th and 5th..Tuesday's high 77, low 43.  Wednesday's high 73, low 49.  Thursday and next Friday's highs 62, lows 45.  The high Saturday The 30th 68, low 38. Highs Sunday the 31st and Monday the 1st 73, lows 47. The high Tuesday the 2ed 73, low 41.  Highs the next three days, upper seventies to 80, lows in the mid fifties. 

    Still planting cool weather crops.   If we gamble with warm loving crops they will be wrapped in remay.  It will be June before it is warm enough for tomatoes, peppers, squash or cucumbers to be happy.  I don't see any more frosts, just cool temperatures that feel even cooler because of the NW breezes.

Those NW breezes will keep the soil from getting warm unless we cover it with black plastic.  We have not figured out a way to avoid using black plastic.  We remind ourselves that those breezes help keep down the number of blackflies.

    The solar light we put on the flag pose didn't work when we got it out.  The new one came and was charged.  We'll have the flag up for Memorial Day.  Hopefully we can have the yard all spiffed up for the day we honor those who gave all for us.

    May your day be blessed, Sally