5/16/26  This weekend, let your garden do double duty as your gym.

Sunshine, 52 degrees.  Sun and clouds today, a high of 77 with a strong WSW breeze.   Partly cloudy tonight, low 58.  Partly cloudy tomorrow a NW wind, high 74, low 44.  Partly cloudy Monday, a brisk SW breeze, high 69, low 51.  Partly cloudy Tuesday, PM thunderstorms, high 81, low 62, a brisk WSW breeze.  Partly cloudy Wednesday, a stiff SW breeze, high 83, low 51, PM thunderstorms. Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday, stiff NW breezes, highs 62, lows 41.  Partly cloudy next weekend, highs 68, lows 43 and 46.  A NW breeze Saturday, SE breeze Sunday.  Cloudy Memorial Day, a SE breeze high 67, low 49.  Some showers Tuesday the 26th, a SW breeze, high 70, low 49. Partly to mostly cloudy the rest of the week, NW breezes, highs 72, lows about 53'
   You probably don't think of weeding as a workout, but Welsh researchers measuring oxygen uptake found that digging, raking, and weeding land in the same zone as brisk walking and tennis. And here's the kicker: people typically garden for about 40 minutes longer per week than a typical workout, because there's always one more thing to plant, prune, or rescue from squirrels.  A cross-sectional study in Scientific Reports found daily gardeners are 43% less likely to report anxiety or health problems, and newer research points to immune-boosting compounds released by the plants themselves.

   I didn't get much done yesterday because I had to renew my driver's licence.  A two hour and twenty-five minute wait.  It didn't take me long once I got to the window.  Then I stopped at Sam's, the store was packed, I had to park far enough away to get lots of steps in.

    Five grosbeaks haven't gone north yet.  We seldom see a chickadee or bluejay, they've headed to the woods.  A pair of nuthatches have their nest right outside the window in the horse chestnut tree.

    So many things I want to do outside I'm not sure where to start.  I do know any flowers I plant today will be wrapped in remay to protect them from tomorrow's warm wind.  I have a few plants I will harden off the traditional way.  Setting them outside for a few hours and then bringing them in for 4 or 5 days.

    May your day be blessed, Sally