6/6/16

The secret to more blessings is gratitude.

 A wonderful inch and a half of rain came during the night!  It is cloudy, 54 degrees with a SSW breeze.  The high this afternoon will be 76, dropping to 53 tonight.  Afternoon thunderstorms tomorrow with a south breeze, a high of 75 and a low of 54.  Sunny Wednesday with a stiff WNW breeze, a high of 71 and a low of 47.  Cloudy Thursday with a WNW wind,, a high of 59 and a low of 47.  Cloudy Friday with a NW wind, a high of 62 and a low of 48. Cloudy Saturday with a light west breeze, a high of 66 and a low of 49.Still cloudy Sunday with an ENE breeze, a high of 66 and a low of 50.  Afternoon showers next Monday lasting into Tuesday morning.  Monday's high will be 70 with a north breeze and a low of 50.  Tuesday's high will be 72 with a NW breeze, a high of 72 and a low of 51.  Showers next Wednesday with a WSW breeze, a high of 75 and a low of 52.  Sunny Wednesday, the 15th, with a WSW breeze, a high of 75 and a low of 52.  Sunny Thursday with a west breeze, a high of 77 and a low of 53.  Afternoon Showers Friday, the 17th, with a stiff NWN breeze, a high of 79 and a low of 54.  Sunny for the weekend of the 18th and 19th with  highs of 78 and lows of 55.

     I only have half my tomatoes planted.  The other half are still in the greenhouse being pampered.  With the cold windy forecast I may not plant them until next Saturday.  Days and nights like the ones the end of this week are why my cucumbers are covered with remay.  Because I check each plant for cucumber beetles as I plant it and put remay (agriculture fabric) on the row as soon as I finish planting it, I don't have to worry about the beetles or the cold.  I buy remay in 250 foot rolls but we sell it  in 8x 20 pieces.

     After closing yesterday I started planting.  I got all the summer broccoli and cauliflower planted,  all the cabbage and the first planting of Brussel sprouts.  It was just starting to sprinkle as I finished.  This morning my back is complaining about so many hours of planting but I am so pleased to have gotten the plants in before the rain I don't care.  I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, she can straighten me out!  I sold so many Brussel sprout seedlings I only had 35 for myself.  We've started more, they are up.  In a few weeks I'll have some to sell and some to plant.  Last year I stacked a pile of sprouts in the barn, enough so the chickens got a stalk of sprouts everyday into March.  They loved them so I'm going to do the same this year.

     We love the red buttercrunch lettuce called firecracker.  The seed didn't germinate this spring.  When  I tried to order more Johnny's said it was not available.  Last night I found a patch of it in the garden where last year's plants had gone to seed.  Today I am going to dig up the small ones and replant them in six packs.  Several customers have been asking for it.  Since the plants are coming up in Carol's glads I'll move other seedlings to a row for us.  The wet soil and clouds make this a perfect day to do it.

      Enjoy your day, Sally