4/21/23 It isn't the load that breaks you down, it is when you try to carry it alone.

Clear, calm. 29 degrees.  A light NNE breeze today with some clouds, high of 58.  Partly cloudy tonight with a light SE breeze, a low of 35.   Cloudy tomorrow with a stiff SSE breeze, a high of 60, a low of 36.  Cloudy Sunday with a strong ESE breeze, a high of 59, a low of 42.  Some rain Sunday night.  light rain Monday, more rain Monday night.  A stiff south breeze Monday with a high of 59, Monday night's low 41.  Showers Tuesday with an ENE breeze, a high of 46, a low of 39.  Cloudy Wednesday with a north breeze, a high of 55, a low of 35.  Partly cloudy Thursday with a NNE breeze, a high of 56, a low of 37.  Partly cloudy next Friday with a NNE breeze, a high of 61, a low of 40.  Partly cloudy Saturday with a NE breeze, a high of 65, a low of 45.  Afternoon showers next Sunday with a SSE breeze, a high of 65, a low of 45.  Showers Monday, the 1st with a stiff SW breeze, a high of 60, a low of 43.  Brisk NW breezes the rest of the week, lots of showers, highs from the mid fifties to sixty, lows from 41-45.

     Chilly last night.  I'm hoping it is our last frost.  I added a blanket to the remay over the plants in my little greenhouse here by picnic table.  I have pt at eight this morning so I won't uncover them until I get back.  We have heaters in the little greenhouses and cold frames.  Because she was watching the forecast Bekah hasn't moved the cole crop vegetables or the sumo petunia baskets out of the big greenhouse.  Tomorrow they will go out to the outside greenhouses with remay over them.

     Another bull calf was born, nine calves so far and only two heifers.  At daylight yesterday morning Sally jo helped Doug take it in the house to warm up.  Mama was very glad  when they bought it back.  Her fault, she managed to get off in a corner to have it on the cold ground instead of the sheltered hay pack Doug has provided.

     I'm not sure what I did yesterday besides getting a haircut and watering plants.   In the evening I had a church meeting.  When I got home it was dark enough for me to catch some hens that hadn't been laying and behead them.  This morning Jay will bury them deep in the compost pile.  They are such tough old birds they weren't worth dressing out.  Heather and Mike are bringing us their one year old hens today.

      Jay took time off for a haircut too, he has to look good for the father daughter dance!  He also got a lot done in the perennial display area.  Now it is beginning to look like he wants it too instead of looking like a tornado hit.  Bekah and Heather transplanted.  Bekah had to give some plants iron.  Our hard water tends to make the iron in the soil unavailable to the plants.

       May God bless you on this day, Sally