4/30/23 Let nature be your medicare.

Calm, light rain, 41 degrees.  .04 inch so far.  Rain this morning, occasional showers this afternoon.  Slowly warming up to 48 with an east wind.  Very strong east winds tonight with heavy rain, a low of 45.  1 to 2 inches of rain expected.  Rain tomorrow morning with a strong SE wind.  Clouds in the afternoon with the winds dying down.  A high of 62, a low of 42.  Showers Tuesday with strong SE breezes, a high of 59.  Rain Tuesday night with a stiff east breeze, a low of 42.  Light rain Wednesday with a stiff ENE breeze, a high of 50, a low of 40.  Morning rain Thursday with a brisk NE breeze, a high of 50, a low of 40.  Cloudy Friday with a strong north breeze, a high of 56, a low of 40.  Partly cloudy Saturday with a NW breeze, a high of 66 and a low of 41.  Saturday night looks like the last night we'll have to run the heaters in the small greenhouses. Partly cloudy Sunday, May 7th with a NW breeze, a high of 66, a low of 44.  Partly cloudy the week of the 8th, Open Greenhouse Week, with highs around seventy.  A low of 45 Monday and Tuesday, lows about 50 the rest of the week.  Cloudy on Mother's Day with a SSW breeze, a high of 70.

        I went to town meeting yesterday morning.  No fireworks, just a "house keeping" meeting.  In the afternoon i went to Corinth for propane.  Hopefully the last time the greenhouse needs propane this season.  I also bought a couple of rat traps.  We see the barn cats with dead rats all the time but there are some large wily rats we need to trap before we let the chciks out of the brooder.

     On May 12th my tractor goes to the Kubota dealer  for repair.  Maybe it won't need a whole new clutch but the bill for repair will be a lot.  Doug said he could save us some money by taking it to them rather than paying them to come get it. Meanwhile Gilbert put the tiller on his tractor and is tilling for us.  Yesterday Jay got the Alisha Craig onions planted and mulched,  Planted with soaker hoses..  Only three bundles of Walla Wallas are left to plant.it may be too wet today.

     May God bless you on this day.  Sally