3/23/26  Time is the only currency you spend without knowing the balance.  Use it wisely.

Eight inches of snow.  Snow  flurries today.  25 degrees now, 32 for today's high with strong NE breezes.  Some clearing overnight, a north breeze, a low of 16.  Mostly sunny tomorrow, a NW breeze, high 41, low 26.  Mostly cloudy Wednesday, strong west breeze, high 43, low 31. Morning rain/snow showers Thursday, a brisk SW breeze, high 47, low 28. Partly cloudy Friday, a strong NW breeze, high 33, low 10.  Sunshine Saturday, a NW breeze, high 31, low 17. Partly cloudy  Sunday, a WSW breeze, high 39, low 24.  Partly cloudy next Monday, a strong west breeze, high 41, low 22.  Partly cloudy next Tuesday, a brisk NW breeze, high 37, low 22.  Cloudy next Wednesday, Apei 1st, a NW breeze, high 42, low 28.  Morning snow showers the 2ed and 3rd, NW breezes, high 44, lows 27.  Partly cloudy Saturday the 4th, a NW breeze, high 45, low 30.  Mostly cloudy on Easter, a NW breeze, high 46, low 33.  Rain./snow showers , a brisk NW breeze, hgh 48, low 32 Monday the 6th..  

    Winter has returned.    There won't even be any thawing today.  On the plus side we need every bit of moisture we can get.  The snow is sticky, it is sticking to the greenhouse making a layer of insulation.  Tomorrow when the sun shines it will slide off, banking the bottom.  A good thing with all the NW breezes in the forecast.  Planting will continue inside the greenhouse, spring cleaning will continue in the house.  On the calendar spring is already here.  In the real world it will arrive April 1st.  Even the first week in April there will be some back sliding with morning snow flurries.

    May your day be blessed, Sally

 3/22/26   5th Sunday in Lent  I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.  Psalm 34:1

  1-3 inches of snow today with a brisk east breeze, high 31, low 25.  cloudy tomorrow, a strong NE breeze, high 34, low 18.  A chilly week with temperatures running 5 or more degrees below average.  The temperatures the week of the 29th are what we expect this week to be.

    Yesterday was a good day in the greenhouse, they finished moving plants and got caught up transplanting.  I cleaned Bekahh's milk refrigerator, it was a mess.  She had broken a jar of milk on a cold day, the milk froze before she could get it cleaned up.  Between getting caught up in the greenhouse and a clean refrigerator Bekah ws a happy lady!

   As I have reflected on the grace the Lord has always given me  I pray that He will help me respond to others and to life's challenges with a loving spirit, with kindness and a cheerful heart.  May your day be blessed, Sally

 3/21/26  No one knows what he can do until he tries.

About 4 inches of snow.  Cloudy, 30 degrees.  Cloudy today, a strong NNW breeze, high 39, low tonight 24.  Snow forecast for tomorrow has dropped to 1-3 inches with a west breeze, a high of 31, low 25.  Cloudy Monday, a strong NNE breeze, high 34, low 16. Sunshine Tuesday, a NW breeze, high 41, low 24.  Partly cloudy Wednesday, a west breeze, high 39, low 18.  Snow showers Thursday, 1-3 inches of snow Thursday night.  A west breeze, high of 39, low 31.  Partly cloudy Friday, light NW wind, high 35, low 13. Partly cloudy next Saturday, a WNW breeze, high 32, low 15.  Partly cloudy next Sunday and Monday, brisk  SW breezes, highs 42, lows about  26.  Mostly cloudy next Tuesday, partly cloudy Wednesday April 1st.  Brisk NW breezes, highs about 42, lows 26 and 29.  Morning snow showers Thursday, April 2ed, a brisk NW breeze, high 44, low 29.  Partly cloudy Friday the 3rd, a brisk NW breeze, high 47. low 31.  Morning snow showers Saturday, April 4th, a NW breeze, high 49, low 32.

    This weekend is Open House for the maple syrup people.  Not much sap will be running and it won't run much all week.  It will be the first week in April before there is a good run.  An updated spring weather forecast was posted yesterday.  Instead of a warm April,  April, May and June are forecast to be cooler than average.  There was no precipitation forecast.  Last summer was a poor year for hay production.  Many farmers don't have the hay reserve they usually do.  Grass grows in cool temperatures.  Hopefully the weather isn't so cool that pasture turnout is delayed.  I'm as concerned about the lack of moisture as I am the cool forecast.

     Bekah and Jay got their steps in yesterday!  They don't have little red wagons, they have green ones that hold three plant trays. Three trays at a time plants were moved. The second greenhouse now has lots of plants in it and there is room in the first greenhouse for the plants that like it warm to grow.

The next big move will be when it is time for the tomatoes to be transplanted.  Pansies will go in the hoop house, petunias in the cold frames.  Maybe containers of pansies can go outside for Easter but It looks like the ground may still be frozen.

    The sun is trying to break through.  It doesn't take much sun for the thermostat to stop turning the propane furnace on.  May your day be blessed.  Sally

 3/20/26  In all things it is better to hope than to despair.  Look for the silver lining.

 Clear, sunshine, 24 degrees.  Clouds are forecast to move in late morning, afternoon showers will mix with snow early evening, some snow showers late evening.  A SW breeze, a high of 43, tonight's low 31.  Morning clouds/afternoon sun tomorrow, a strong NW breeze, high 23.3-9 inches of snow Sunday and Sunday night, east breezes, high 34, low 23. A strong NE breeze Monday, high 30, low 21. Partly cloudy Tuesday, a stiff NW breeze, high 37, low 20.  PM rain/snow showers Wednesday, a stiff west breeze, high 38, low 17.  Partly cloudy Thursday morning, 1-3 inches of snow Thursday PM.  A stiff WSW breeze, high 38, low 31. Snow showers next Friday morning, perhaps some sun Friday afternoon, a WNW wind, high 38, low 14.  Sunshine next Saturday, a brisk WNW breeze, high 32, low 10.  Partly cloudy Sunday the 29th, a stiff west breeze, high 38, low 19.  Partly cloudy Monday the 30th, a west breeze, high 37, low 23.  Rain/snow Tuesday the 31st, a brisk SW breeze, high 39, low 26.  The first of April the warm temperatures the rest of the nation is having begin to get here.  A high of 43 April 1st to 50 on Friday the 3rd.

   It was so cold and raw all day yesterday Bekah didn't start the furnace in the second greenhouse.  This morning's sun is warming it up nicely,  she'll let the sun bring it up to temperature, she'll start the furnace as the clouds move in.  I always planned to move into the cold frames on April 1st.  Bekah has been spoiled since she took over, the weather has allowed her to move March 25.  She moved into the back room on the 18th last year.  This year it will be the 31st.  It is forecast to be warm enough to move plants this afternoon.  It's up to 33 now.

   I chased two cats out of my kitchen garden this morning.  I need to get the water pistol I got for Christmas loaded and ready.  I yelled and threw a glass of water at them this morning.  One was hiding under the Christmas tree, Time to get rid of it.  The tree, not the cat.

   Sunday's snow will slide off the greenhouses and pile up around the bottom, keeping out the cold.

   May your day be blessed, Sally

   

 3/19/26 Spring officially begins tomorrow at 10:46 a.m. here in the eastern part of the country.

Clouds, calm, 17 degrees.  Some sun this morning, cloudy this afternoon and tonight.  A stiff SSE breeze, high 37, low 27.  Partly cloudy tomorrow morning, PM rain/snow, a SW breeze, high 42, low 29.  Mostly cloudy Saturday, a stiff NW breeze, high 40, low 24.  Snow showers Sunday, 3-5 inches of snow Sunday night.  A SE breeze, high 38, low 27.  Snow showers Monday, a stiff north breeze, high 33, low 20.  Sunshine Tuesday, a NW breeze, high 40, low 22. Partly cloudy next Wednesday, a strong west breeze, high 40. low 20.  Partly cloudy next Thursday morning, PM showers, a strong SW breeze, high 42, low 33. Snow showers next Friday morning, a west wind, high 41, low 17. Partly cloudy next Saturday, a brisk NW breeze, high 32, low 17.  Some snow showers Sunday, the 29th, a stiff SW breeze, high 37, low 14. Partly cloudy Monday the 36th, a stiff WNW breeze, high 36, low 21.  Partly cloudy Tuesday the 31st, a brisk west breeze, high 40, low 27.  Mostly cloudy Wednesday the 1st, a SW breeze, high 43, low 29.

    Propane delivery came this morning, just in time.  The tanks were getting low.  The cold temperatures and constant breezes have caused the furnace to run pretty steady, even with the wood stove helping.  Spring arrives tomorrow but it doesn't bring much relief from the chill.  The forecasters were right when they said our temperatures were going to run about five degrees below average.

    We weren't very happy with UPS yesterday.  On the boxes it says, "this side up" in big bold letters.  The boxes were on their sides, the driver said that standing them on their sides was the only way he had room in his truck.  The shipping department said to load them like that.  Soil was all over the plants but none were damaged.  They spent the day setting the plants right and watering them.  Today they will start transplanting them.

    The second greenhouse will be started today.  Over the next few days the violas, pansies, petunias and other plants that grow better in cooler temperatures will be moved to it.  Tomatoes and peppers will stay where they are, they like it warm.  Most of yesterday's shipment will stay in the warm greenhouse for a while.

    May your day be blessed, Sally

 3/18/26  Remember, those who want to talk with you about others, will talk with others about you.   

Clear, calm. 11 degrees.  Sunshine today, a brisk WNW breeze, high 31, low 16.  Mostly cloudy tomorrow, a stiff SE breeze, high 37, low 20.  Mostly cloudy Friday, a SW breeze, high 43, low 28.  Snow/rain Saturday, a north breeze, igh 39, low 29.  Snow to rain Sunday,  a brisk NW breeze, high 39, low 24.  Partly cloudy Monday, a strong NW breeze, high 37, low 18.  Partly cloudy Tuesday, a brisk west breeze, high 40, low 23. Mostly cloudy next Wednesday, a stiff NW breeze, high 39, low 20.  Partly cloudy next Thursday, a stiff NW breeze, high 39, low 29. Snow showers the morning of Friday the 27th, 1-3 inches of snow Friday night.  A strong WSW breeze, high 43, low 21.  Morning snow showers Saturday the 28th,  afternoon fog, 1-3 inches of snow at night.  A brisk NW breeze, high 37, low 21.  1-3 inches of snow Sunday the 30th, a stiff WNW breeze, high 38, low 22.  Partly cloudy the next three days. Some snow showers possible Tuesday. WNW breezes, highs in the low to mid forties, lows in the mid to high twenties.

    The forecast low was twenty.  If the hose is let on abit at twenty it doesn't freeze.  At 11 degrees it does.  Today's high of 31 means the frozen hose needs to be dragged into the greenhouse to thaw. Bekah carried two buckets of water from the greenhouse to the barn for Mabel.  The sun is bright, I'm sure it is warming up the greenhouse but the outside temperature is only up to 12.  

   The lonely cardinal must have found a mate, we don't hear him singing for one anymore.  Yesterday a small flock of blackbirds came, they're probably the locals that raise their families here.  The red-winged blackbirds nest in the swale and by the firepond,  the grackles build nests in the pine tree.

    Bekah planted a third planting of parsely yesterday.  It will be for us.  The first two didn;t germinate very well, enough plants for customers but not us.  People like to plant their parsley with their cool crops, a spring chill won't bother it.  But neither will a fall frost so we'll have plenty to dry even though we'll be setting the plants out late.

    May your day be blessed, Sally

 3/17/26"True health grows from peace of mind, love in the heart, and joy in simple moments." 🌿

56, the high for the day.  clouds, windy this morning.  Temperature dropping to 35 this afternoon with light WNW winds. 14 tonight with a stiff WNE breeze, partly cloudy skies.  Sunshine tomorrow, a brisk west breeze, high 31, low 20.  Cloudy Thursday, a brisk SE breeze, high 38, low 26. Partly cloudy Friday, a brisk SW breeze, high 43, low 24.  Partly cloudy Saturday, a brisk SW breeze, high 42, low 30.  Rain/snow Sunday, a strong west breeze, high 42, low 23.  Partly cloudy Monday, a NW wind, high 33, low 16.  Sunshine next Tuesday, a brisk NW breeze, high 40, low 22.  Partly cloudy next Wednesday, a strong west breeze, high 41, low 25.  Rain/snow next Thursday, a stiff NW breeze, high 44, low 31.  A stiff SW breeze next Friday, rain/snow, high 44, low 22.  Partly cloudy Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th. A brisk NW breeze Saturday, high 35, low 21.  A west  breeze Sunday, high 39, low 24.  Rain/snow Monday the 30thh, a brisk SW breeze, high 45, low 28.  Morning snow showers Tuesday the 31st, a brisk west breeze, high 47, low 27.  We got a lot of rain yesterday but I don't know how much.  My rain gauge says 0!  No idea what's wrong with it.

   For quite a few years I had a rototiller on my tractor and Gilbert tilled both our gardens.  Then he put the tiller on his tractor and tilled both our gardens.  The last few years Jay and Bekah have been looking for a small used one to put on my tractor,  No luck.  There weren't many small ones for sale and the ones that were had seen a lot of use.  Yesterday they found one in Brownville.  Doug took Bekah to look at it.  It was in excellent shape, the tillers still had paint on them.  The price was very reasonable.  The lady even threw in some greenhouse supplies she had. A good start to the week!

   They were caught up with transplanting so they spent the last few days pruning and nipping off blossoms.  I used to tell Tiffany and Rachael, "  we grow roots.  Blossoms come in May for the customers."

    Happy Saint Patrick's Day, Sally