2/9/26  Winter is the time for comfort, good food and warmth.

Clear, calm, 4 degrees.  Sunshine today with a stiff NW breeze, a high of 24. Clear tonight, a low of 4 with a NW breeze. Sunshine tomorrow, a WSW breeze, a high of 31, low 14.  1-3 inches of snow tomorrow night.  1-3 inches of snow Wednesday, a stiff NE breeze, high 31, low 20.  Partly cloudy Thursday, a stiff NNW breeze, high 33, low 11.  Sunshine Friday, a north breeze, high 32, low 10. Partly cloudy Saturday, a NW breeze, high 35, low 10.  Partly cloudy Sunday, a NW breeze, high 38, low 19.  1-3 inches of snow Sunday night.  1-3 inches of snow next Monday, a NE breeze, high 38, low 23.  Mostly cloudy next Tuesday, a stiff NNW breeze, high 39, low 23.  Snow showers next Wednesday, a brisk NNW breeze, hgh 37, low 19.  1-3 inches of snow Thursday PM, the 19th, a NNW breeze, high 35, low 19.  1-3 inches of snow Friday the 20th, a NNW breeze, high 33, low 16.  Partly cloudy the weekend of the 21st and 22ed and Monday the 23rd, brisk NW breezes, highs about 29, lows 11.

   A new week,  sun is pouring in the windows, one more night of single numbers.  Two weeks from today we'll be deciding which day to start the greenhouse fires.It is good to have snow piled up against the greenhouse, helps with the heat.  But not too much, greenhouses can't handle a lot of weight.  Greenhouse walls will have to be watched closely.  Starting Wednesday germination shelves will start filling  up with seed trays.  Some seeds that germinate slowly have been planted and are showing a hint of green.

   Two weeks to get spring cleaning done.   Winter curtains come down, spring/summer curtains go up a month before spring in this house.  Come 3/20 the greenhouse is taking all our time.  March 1st seems like spring to us, the 1st greenhouse is warm, smelling of damp soil by 3/1.  By Friday morning March 20th, the official first day of spring, the second greenhouse is up and warm.

    May your day be blessed, Sally