4/12/23 “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.” Ben Franklin

There is a gentle north breeze, a few clouds and it is 45 degrees.   Sun and clouds today with strong NW winds, a high of 55.  Clear tonight with brisk WNW breezes, a low of 35.  Partly cloudy tomorrow with a SW breeze, a high of 69, a low of 48.  Sunshine Friday with a NNW breeze, a high of 67, a low of 41.  Clouds on the weekend with ESE breezes, highs about 62, lows of 43.  Showers Monday and Tuesday with stiff ESE breezes, highs of 55, lows about 40.   Showers next Wednesday with a stiff NW breeze, a high of 51, a low of 39.  Showers through the weekend and into the week of the 23rd with NW breezes, highs in the mid fifties, lows in the upper thirties or 40.

      Suddenly there are not enough hours in the day!  Yesterday was a good day.  Lots of plants were moved.  The classic purple waves are all pruned, the ones in baskets and the ones in trays.  The ones in trays are out in the cold frame.  The cuttings from the prunings are in soil sitting on heat mats growing roots.  Jay has a truck load of broken pallets ready to go to the dump.  The third small greenhouse has the wind torn plastic off, ready for new plastic when the wind dies down.  It is the greenhouse we grow our vegetable seedlings in.

      Gilbert charged the tractor battery.  Soon it will be time to till.  Jay took water down to the Mama cows with the tractor, much easier than carrying it!  New mothers are kept in a separate pen with their babies for a few days.

      Last night I moved the hens to their summer quarters.  Today we'll set up the brooder for the new chicks.  Bekah and Jay will transplant tomatoes today.  I'll plant seeds and catch up in the house.  Outside work can wait until tomorrow when the winds die down.

    May God bless you on this day, Sally