11/4/26  Good Morning.  Today is an especially good day to be thoughtful and kind.

    Dense fog, calm, 49 degrees.  Cloudy today, showers and rain tonight. A SW breeze, high 70, low 45.  Showers tomorrow afternoon, a brisk WNW breeze, high 66, low 48.  Cloudy Friday, a light NW breeze, high 66, low 51.  Rain Saturday, a brisk NE breeze, high 55, low 44.  Partly cloudy Sunday through next Sunday, the 15th.  Brisk NW breezes Sunday and Monday, highs 49, lows 38 and 34.  A stiff west breeze Tuesday, high 53, low 33.  A strong WNW breeze next Wednesday, a high of 46, a low of 29.  Brisk, sometimes strong NW breezes next Thursday through Tuesday the 17th.  Highs about 43 next Thursday and Friday, lows about 26.  Highs 46 next weekend, lows 29.  Mostly cloudy Monday the 16 th and Tuesday the 17th, highs about 50, lows about 30.

    I made a dill bed against the back of the garage.  The dill grew fine.  But I planted it too late for it to reseed.  Today we are going to cut and dry the dill.  And add dill seed to the seed order to plant in the spring. 

     Dill belongs in the vegetable garden.  Dill attracts Beneficial Insects: Its umbrella-shaped yellow flowers (umbels) provide nectar and pollen for predatory insects like ladybugs, lacewings, hoverflies, and parasitic wasps. Their larvae feed on soft-bodied pests like aphids and spider mites. The blooms draw in honeybees, native bees, and butterflies, helping improve pollination across neighboring vegetable crops. Dill is a primary host plant for Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars (parsley worms), providing the necessary foliage for them to feed and grow.  Its strong scent helps naturally repel or confuse garden pests like cabbage loopers, cabbageworms, and spider mites.  Dill can lure pests like aphids or tomato hornworms away from your main vegetable harvests.   It grows quickly, handles cool weather well, and readily drops seeds to return the following season.  We are establishing a bed of dill behind the garage because we use a lot of dill.  So do our customers!  Too many times we have wanted some dill and it has all been sold!   Avoid planting dill near other members of the same botanical family such as caraway, cilantro, parsley, or celery, as they risk cross-pollination.

    May your day be blessed, Sally