8/18/23 Be careful what you hear about others. You might be hearing about it from the problem.

Clouds and mist, calm, 63 degrees.  .04 rain overnight. Rain showers this morning, thunderstorms this afternoon.ESE breezes with a high of 72.   Thunderstorms this evening, a few showers possible overnight.  A SSW breeze with a low of 60. Partly cloudy tomorrow with a SW breeze, a high of 75, a low of 57.  Partly cloudy Sunday with a west breeze, a high of 78, a low of 63.  Perhaps some morning showers Monday with a brisk WNW breeze, a high of 77, a low of 54.  Partly cloudy Tuesday with a brisk NW breeze, a high of 73, a low of 53.  Sunshine Wednesday with a NW breeze, a high of 73, a low of 53.  Partly cloudy Thursday with a WSW breeze, a high of 73, a low of 57. Some showers next Friday with a SSW breeze, a high of 71, a low of 55.  Perhaps some showers next Saturday with a NW breeze, a high of 69, a low of 52.  Partly cloudy next Sunday and Monday with NW breezes, high of 71, lows of 52.  Westerly breezes the 29th through Friday the 1st with some clouds, perhaps a morning shower Tuesday and Thursday. Highs in the low seventies, lows about 54.

     A sweet corn run yesterday.  We fed some of the first corn we bought to the hens, it wasn't really ready.  So we waited a bit before getting more.  Yesterday's corn was much better.

     Darel's Heather and Jay carefully pulled all the stinging nettle they could find, put it in garbage bags and the bags went into the dumpster.  The seeds were beginning to mature and might have lived through the heat of the compost pile.  We know ladybugs love stinging nettle and it has lots of other values.  But it also stings.  And spreads very fast, sneaking into unexpected places.  Stinging nettle rash is very uncomfortable and heals slowly.. Why they were eliminating the nettles some burdock went too.

    Heather and Bekah spent some time at the house that will be Maegan's. They want it to be "home" when Maegan and the girls get here Tuesday.  Then they planted some shrubs Bekah had been wanting.  She was afraid they would sell out before she got hers planted.  There is plenty of moisture for them to settle in.

    I trimmed back the kitchen garden forsythia.  It loves the rain and is taking over.  I also pulled grass, weeds and creeping charlie.  Today I'll mulch around the perennials I freed.  I have a cardinal lobelia blooming.  This is the first time I've been able to get one to winter over.  Even though they grow wild along the streams I haven't been able to get any to grow by my little pond.

    May God bless you on this day.  Sally.