Mother's Day

	Mostly Cloudy Low 44° F Tonight Mostly cloudy skies. Low 44F. Winds E at 15 to 25 mph.		PM Showers / Wind High 51° F Monday Windy with a few showers developing later in the day. High 51F. Winds ENE at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
	Sunset: 7:57 PM		Sunrise: 5:27 AM

Happy Mother's Day! This Sunday Jon and I spent the morning planning out the re-roofing of the porch then going to brunch with my family. We got into the garden in the midafternoon though with a new weeding gardening tool. I spent most of the afternoon digging up the many, many dandelions growing, and much to my dismay, most of the greenery in the backyard were weeds. Oh well, the war has been declared on all forms of weed (unless they are pretty of course) and we will be diligent on the grass seeding until the end of the month. Jon watered the new growth and the gardens overall while I weeded. I then finally planted my sweet peas after soaking the seeds for 12 hours. The seeds opened nicely, and I have great hopes for some flowers. I put two rows in the front of the house at the top of the walk. There are already clematis and hostas growing there, and I made sure to put the seeds close enough to the arbor so that I can string lines, but out of the shadow line of the hostas--I had a guide of dead grass to follow so it wasn't hard. I made sure to transplant the grass that was growing there to around the crocus area. No grass will be wasted. I put some seeds around the back drainpipe as well, which gets full sun. It will be nice if the flowers grew up the side of the house!

Other than that, I began sweet basil, dill, sweet marjoram, and cilantro in pots. I was going to begin some tomato inside as well, but I found out my nephew is selling tomato and pepper plants for $0.50 per piece, so I will have to make sure I get some! Maybe not the peppers, but Jon has been asking when we can plant tomatoes, so they are a must.

I posted more pictures online, specifically the stump removal and more of my tulips in bloom. Lat week I was outside when the school bus arrived and a little boy yelled to me that he liked my flowers. It was very cute :)

The past two nights have been quite chilly, and there is a cold wind blowing right now. Very cold actually! Keep those extra blankets around, but remember that warm nights are just around the corner!