4/1/16

Where ever you go, no matter what the weather, bring your own sunshine.

  Mostly cloudy, 54 degrees, with a SSW breeze that will become a wind as the sun rises. with a high this afternoon of 62 and a low of 41 tonight.  Showers starting mid afternoon will become rain this evening.  Cloudy tomorrow, a SSW breeze, a high of 52, evening showers and a low of 29 tomorrow night.  Strong NW winds on Sunday with clouds, a high of 34 and a low of 16.  Sunny Monday with a WSW breeze, a high of 36 and a low of 17.  Partly cloudy Tuesday with a north wind, a high of 33 and a low of 16.  Sunny Wednesday with a stiff NNW breeze, a high of 40 and a low of 26.  Cloudy Thursday with a south wind, a high of 44 and a low of 38.  Showers next Friday with a SSE wind, a high of 51 and a low of 38.  Showers for next weekend with south breezes, highs of 50 and lows just above freezing.   Partly cloudy Monday, the 11th, with a high of 52 and a low of 35.  Showers Tuesday, the 12th, partly cloudy Wednesday then showers again.  highs will be in the low fifties with lows in the mid thirties.

      I started the greenhouse fire about two this morning.  Not because of the temperature but to dry the air.  prevent mold is the main goal for the next week.

      At dusk, long after the birds had all gone to roost, the male cardinal spent fifteen minutes in the feeder.  A steady stream of sunflower hulls were coming out one side of his beak.  If there are eggs in a nest somewhere I hope they can keep them warm during this cold spell.

     I pruned hanging waves yesterday.  Rosemarie made up flower bowls.  Rachael transplanted some petunias.  I'll prune purple waves today and  Rosemarie will stick the prunings for more plants.    They are putting in short days and today will be the last day until Wednesday.  No matter how creative I get I can't make any more room in the greenhouse.  Wednesday we'll move to the back room and cold frame.

      Gilbert took old soil out of the hoop house and put in compost and new soil.  Now it is all ready for tomato plants.  i have the tomato plants that go in there started.  We hope to set them out about May 1st.  I have an electric heater in the hoop house for cold nights.  Tomatoes sulk if they get cold.

      Have a good day, Sally