Onions.
I got some Autumn planting onion sets, they should have gone in the ground in October and over-wintered but I didn’t bother with much over winter planning so didn’t get any until I saw an offer on some online…. So, my onion sets arrived yesterday and the instruction was to get them in the ground as soon as possible - so as the sun is shining and the sky is blue today - even if the ground is hard and cold - we turned over a smallish area of one of the Bramble patch beds and stuck in 24 onions. I hope they grow! I want some red onions to go alongside them now, I love red onions….
We had quite a discussion about how some things need to be outside through the winter so they can grow properly - like the garlic which is showing nicely and looking good. It doesn’t look quite as good as last year but it’s still going to be a good crop I think.
We pottered about, tidied up a bit out there and threw the hens a bucket of weeds to pick over, which they seemed to like. Didn’t stay outside long as it’s bitterly cold and we were starting to get chilled despite coats, scarves and gloves.
Both kids are getting their set "sitting-down-work" done each day, although I called a halt early today and they are each short one piece of work because they both have horrendous colds and can’t concentrate properly. We’ll get back to that when they’re feeling better - but I’m not dropping it completely, they need to learn that some things just need to be done.
- Growing things, Bramble Patch progress | Time: 3:23 pm (UTC+8)
