5/14/24  In farming there are no shortcuts to success.  That goes for gardens too.

Some clouds, calm, 45 degrees.  Light rain this morning with breaks of sun this afternoon.  A stiff south breeze with a high of 69.  Partly cloudy this evening becoming overcast with a slight chance of a shower..  A SE breeze with a low of 48.  Late afternoon showers tomorrow  with a light SSE breeze, a high of 77, a low of 56.  PM showers Thursday with a NE breeze, a high of 73, a low of 53.   Partly cloudy Friday with an east breeze, a high off 76, a low of 51.  Cloudy Saturday with a brisk SE breeze, a high of 70, a low of 50.  Showers Sunday with an east breeze, a high of 65, a low of 50.  Perhaps some PM showers Monday lasting into next Tuesday morning. An east breeze Monday with a high of 70, a low of 52.  A WSW breeze next Tuesday with a high of 74, a low of 53.  Partly cloudy next Wednesday with a SW breeze, a high of 73, a low of 51.  Showers next Thursday with a brisk SSW breeze, a high of 67, a low of 49.  Partly cloudy Friday the 24th with a NW breeze, a high of 69, a low of 49. showers Saturday the 25th with an ESE breeze, a high of 65, a low of 49.  Perhaps some morning showers Sunday the 26th with a NE breeze, a high of 65, a low of 48.  Perhaps some morning showers Monday the 27th with a NNE breeze, a high of 69, a low of 50.  Cloudy the 28th with an ENE breeze, a high of 68, a low of 50.

     The peahen has decided she wants to live with the neighbor, and the neighbor is delighted.  The peacock struts around the farm displaying his beautiful fan of feathers and making his screeching call.

     We don't have as many hummingbirds this year as we have had some years.  There are enough so there is almost always one at  a feeder.  There are lots of swallows  Enough to help keep down the black flies and house flies.  I don't hear the cardinals any more, they must have all found a mate.

     The first round of cucumbers are planted and covered with remay to keep them warm and protect them from the wind. Black plastic is going over the rest of the new strawberry bed, they got a start on it yesterday.  Grass is coming in so thick they decided to go that route.  They will put holes in the plastic to plant the strawberries through.  The strawberries already planted are mulched with cardboard and straw.  They will be able to compare both methods.

    We've had lots of showers but not much rain.  Jay is glad everything is planted with a soaker hose and mulched.  Something  is getting watered all the time.  Yesterday Maegin put water in the garden pond.

     May your day be blessed, Sally