5/24/24  joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky.

 .30 of rain yesterday.   Now there is a gentle SW breeze, clear, 59 degrees.  A high of 77 today, mostly sun, a WSW wind.  Clear tonight  with a WNW breeze, a low of 49.  Sunshine tomorrow with a brisk NW breeze, a high of 74, a low of 53.  Partly cloudy Sunday with an east breeze, high of 74, a low of 51.  PM showers Monday lasting through Tuesday.  A strong SE breeze Monday with a high of 68, a low of 57.  A brisk south breeze Tuesday with a high of 73, a low of 56.  Possible PM showers Wednesday with a WSW breeze, a high of 76, a low of 51.  Clouds Thursday with a NNW breeze, a high of 70, a low of 49.  Partly cloudy next Friday with a north breeze, a high of 70, a low of 49.  Partly cloudy next weekend with  highs about 76, lows about 51.  A NE breeze Saturday, A SE breeze Sunday.  Partly cloudy the week of the 3rd with a chance of showers Tuesday and Wednesday.  SE breezes, highs in the mid seventies, lows in the mid fifties.

    I went to Corinth for Pt in the morning.  Whitney's had boxes for the greenhouse but not until one.  I went back to Corinth at one,  Whitney's did have lots of boxes perfect for sending plants home in.   I got home with them before the afternoon round of rain.  While in Corinth the second time I got new bulbs for the overhead kitchen light.  I asked the clerk if I could transition to LED bulbs.   He thought so.  Lesson, LED bulbs will fit many oler fixtures but will not work.  So back to Corinth to exchange the bulbs for old fashioned fluorescent bulbs.  The kitchen is very bright now, we hadn't realized how dim the old bulbs were.  UPS bought an under the shelf light for over the electric range.  No more using the tange with a flashlight in our hand!  The morning and afternoon rains were enough so I didn't have to water the pansies in the church box.. The gardens and lawns were happy to soak up the rain but it wasn't enough for Jay to stop watering.

    Jay weeded carrots between customers yesterday.  Weeding carrots is slow tedious work.  He worked on them late into the evening.  Bekah planted more seeds and did more transplanting.  She has another round of broccoli plants for people who like to plant their broccoli later in the season.  A pallet of Lambert soil bales was delivered.  Promix has become so expensive we have switched to Lambert.  The quality seems about the same.  Two 4 gallon jugs of Nature's source fertilizer were also on the truck.   The onions and cucumbers like to have the liquid fertilizer  in their water every few weeks.  Not only do they need lots of water, they are heavy feeders.   Other plants do well with the boost also.

    We go through a couple gallons of iced tea each day.  I've been making a quart of hummingbird nectar at the same time.  Because the hummingbirds were feeding on the chestnut tree blossoms I didn't make hummingbird food yesterday morning.  So many came back to the feeders last night I had to make some.  Rose Breasted grosbeaks have started coming to eat sunflower seeds.

    May your day be blessed, Sally