4/14/26  If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Another inch of rain!  Thank you Lord!  Sun and clouds this morning giving way to clouds this afternoon.  A NW breeze, high 65.  Rain early tonight, an east breeze, low 45.  Partly cloudy Wednesday morning, PM showers, a light east breeze, high 57, low 45.  Showers Thursday, a SE breeze, high 54, low 49.  Showers Friday, a NE breeze, high 66, low 43.  Partly cloudy Saturday, a brisk SE breeze, high 63, low 44.  Showers Saturday night and Sunday.  A south breeze Sunday, high 54, low 39.  Partly cloudy Monday and next Tuesday, stiff NW breezes, highs 42, lows in the upper twenties.  Partly cloudy next Wednesday,  NW breeze, high 50, low 34.  Mostly cloudy next Thursday and Friday, brisk north breezes, highs abot 54, lows about 39.  Showers Saturday the 25th, a NE breeze, high 54, low 40.  Partly cloudy Sunday the 26th, a NEN breeze, high 56, low 39. Some clouds the 27th and 28th, NE breezes, highs 54, lows 40.

   A beautiful day.  This is the day to start yard work.  There are some things I can do besides cleaning all the flower beds.  I'll give the insects a few more warm days to hatch.  There is spilled hay around the barn.  I'll put down fresh cardboard anyplace I think bamboo might try to grow and pile hay on it.  There 

aren't enough hours in the day to get everything checked off the greenhouse list.  Shipment confirmations have come in for the Bailey nursery order and some of the small nursery orders.  All for the third week in April.  Onion plants, potatoes and more small orders come the fourth week.  Jay will get the onions and potatoes planted as fast as he can.  The Prides Corner order and berries come the first week in May.  That is Open Greenhouse Week, the official start to the 2026 season.

    May your day be blessed, Sally