1/4/25 A garden is half-made when it is well planned."

Partly cloudy, calm, 15 degrees.  Clouds this morning, some sun this afternoon with a stiff WNW breeze.  Today's high 20, tonight's low 9.  Morning clouds/afternoon sun tomorrow with a strong NW breeze.  Tomorrow's high 16, a low of 8 tomorrow night under clear skies.  Sunshine Monday with a strong NW breeze, a high of 33, a low of 12.  Cloudy Tuesday with a strong NW breeze, a high of 25, a low of 17.  Partly cloudy Wednesday with a light NW wind, a high of 23, a low of 13.  Cloudy Thursday with a strong NW breeze, a high of 29, a low of 22.  Partly cloudy Friday with a strong NW breeze, a high of 34, a low of 19.  Partly cloudy next weekend with NW breezes, highs near 30, lows of 15 and 12.  Mostly cloudy next Monday with a NW breeze, a high of 27, a low of 13. Partly cloudy the14th, 15th, and 16th with NW breezes, highs about 24, lows about 10.  Partly cloudy Friday the 17th and Saturday the 18th with WNW breezes, highs about 28, lows of 12 and 16.

     The Christmas Village is all boxed up.  Today the stand will go back in the garage and the Village will be packed away for another year.  It isn't the twelfth day of Christmas yet but the batteries died in the Advent candles so the wreath is put away.  I got a late start yesterday on taking down the Village  because I started thinking about what I'm going to do in the kitchen garden next spring.  I'm thinking positively that I will be strong enough to clean up the mess from that heavy snow.  There will be more room for sun loving flowers.  Flowers prefered by butterflies are all sunlovers.  I made a list of nine pairs. There won't be that much room!  The storm didn't take out that many plants.  I want to plant yarrow and peppermint along the back of the house to repel skunks.  I'd planned to do that last year but pemphigoid interfered.

    Bekah sent in more seed orders.  And went through more books.  Seeds will start arriving next week.  In two weeks we'll be setting up the germination lights.

    Will there be enough sun to warm up the greenhouse on all the partly cloudy, cold  days in the forecast?  Jay is hoping so.  There is a lot to be done in the greenhouses, especially the new greenhouse.

    May your day be Blessed, Sally