3/28/23  Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.  Nelson Mandela

Cloudy, calm, and 31 degrees.  Clouds today with a light NNW breeze.  Tonight's low 27.  Sunshine tomorrow with a light WNW breeze, a high of 47, a low of 28.  Strong WNW winds Thursday, sun and clouds, a high of 31, a low of 22.  Cloudy Friday with a west breeze, a high of 45.  Rain/snow Friday night with a south breeze, a low of 32.  A half inch of rain Saturday and Saturday evening. with a strong SSE breeze, a high of 51. the low 30.  NW winds Palm Sunday with a high of 40, some sun, a low of 24.  Partly cloudy Monday with a stiff WSW breeze, a high of 45, a low of 34.  Partly cloudy next Tuesday with a WNW breeze, a high of 53, a low of 33.  PM showers next Wednesday with a WNW breeze, a high of 50, a low of 39.  Showers next Thursday with a brisk west breeze, a high of 54, a low of 36.  Mostly cloudy Good Friday with a stiff WNW breeze, a high of 49,  a low of 33.  Partly cloudy Saturday, the 8th with a stiff NW breeze, a high of 46, a low of 36.  Cloudy on Easter with a brisk NW breeze, a high of 50, a low of 33.  Rain showers the next few days with brisk NW breezes, highs about 47, lows in the mid thirties.

     A busy day yesterday.  The gravel was leveled and the baker started.  Jay also worked on the front and back of the hoop house.  Pansies will go to the hoop house Friday.  Next Monday they can go out on the display benches for sale. A bowl of pansies on the steps will brighten up a home!  I'll give the church box a few days to warm up and plant pansies in it.  Starting Monday, plants will be moving out to the small greenhouses and cold frames.  Spring is right on schedule. Monday will also be the day the first of next week's shipments come.  Not only the Coast of Maine products but fertilizer, ag. fabric and other supplies.  We have to get another roll of greenhouse plastic.  The small greenhouse we start vegetables in had wind damage and needs to be recovered.  Gilbert is not only going to cover his vegetables that like warm weather with remay(ag fabric) but his beets, carrots and some other vegetables because if he doesn't the deer will eat them.

     It warmed up enough by late afternoon so Bekah and Jay could stain the rafters for the baker.  Not necessary but a coat of stain will give them a longer life.  Today they are going to stain the plywood wall of the Quonset hut.  The wall the baker is built against.  They are very thankful for the warm afternoon temperatures.

     May God bless you on this day, Sally