2/28/26   In Maine there is a warm 26 degrees and a cold 26 degrees.  The rest of you wouldn't understand!

Clouds and ice fog.  26 degrees, Bekah says it feels like 0.  A strong south wind today with higher gusts.  Today's high 46, low 23.  Partly cloudy tomorrow with a strong NW breeze, high 26, low -3.  Mostly sunny Monday, a stiff NW breeze, high 20, low -1.  Cloudy Tuesday, a light SW wind, high 35. low 24. Partly cloudy Wednesday, a WNW breeze, high 44, low 22.  Snow showers Thursday, a north breeze, high 34, low 13.  1-3 inches of snow Friday, a NE breeze, high 29, low 24.  Morning rain/ice next Saturday, a SW breeze, high 42, low 31.  Mostly cloudy next Sunday, a WNW breeze, high 47, low 29.  Morning rain/ice next Monday, A SW breeze, high 49, low 32.  AM Showers Tuesday the 10th, a WSW breeze, high 54, low 37.  AM Showers Wednesday the 11, a WNW breeze, high 51, low 29.  A few showers Thursday the 12th, a brisk NW breeze, high 42, low 25.  PM showers Friday the 13th, snow to rain Sunday the 14th, NW breezes, highs 39, lows 22.

    My plan for today is to straighten out the cardboard pile.  We save all our plain, brown cardboard to put under mulch in the garden.  By the end of the winter the pile gets large and unruly.  We'll use every bit of it!   Grass and bamboo don't want to be smothered.  We still have to watch for an enemy to sneak through a weak spot.  Especially the bamboo. Today I want to get the pile under control.  If it warms up.

    There are trays under all the lights, my fuchsias are going to have to wait a few more days.  Some of the newly planted trays are already showing tiny specks of green.  I didn't prune the fuchsias very much before they went down cellar,  I'm sure I'll want to prune them more.

     We got next week's shipping notice yesterday.  Eight cases of plugs and cutting will be delivered between 2 and 4 Tuesday.  We are glad it is coming Tuesday instead of Monday, Tuesday is forecast to be so much warmer!  All those babies need a warm greenhouse.  It takes a lot less propane to keep it warm at a low of 24 degrees instead of Monday night's -1.

     May your day be blessed, Sally