This is what I am thinking for my onions. If you have any thoughts or suggestions or experiences, please chime in! I have never grown onions before and I can use all the help I can get! :)
This year I ordered onion plants and onion seed. I hope for the plants to make it to storage size to store for this winter, the seeds to make my own sets or plants (haven't decided yet - maybe both) for next year, and also to let some onions go to seed to collect the seeds for future sets & plants. In my head, this works out well but we'll have to see how it does in real life! I also have seeds for green onions to plant this year - if the rest of the onions go well and I have enough seed, I will probably use regular onion seed for green onion size onions in the future. Worst case scenario, I have to buy more seeds/plants next year. But I really hope to get into seed saving and buy as little as possible.
We have had a lot of rain and it has been crazy windy out! The cold frame is outside and did just fine with the rain and the wind. The green house is still in the shed, which I wish we had set it out and staked it down to see how it would have held up. This would have been a great dry run! (dry run...LOL!)
We haven't caught anymore mice. My youngest has made it her job to check the traps several times a day and she gets irritated if anyone else checks them. She also learned how to blow a bubble with bubble gum yesterday and spent 3 hours straight following me around wanting me to "LOOK MOM!!" at every attempt she made. :) I have pictures of her I will post. We did some celebrating for 3rd quarter grades...all three of my kids are doing excellent in school! They wish we'd pay them $25 per A...but we would be broke if we did that every quarter! My son is 11 and in 6th grade and he scored a 13+ on his reading level...that means he is reading beyond that of an average 12th grader at the end of the school year. Wow! His teacher also told me what they have been telling me since he was in 1st grade....he is the class clown. :) In a good way though...he doesn't get in trouble with his antics. He's funny at home too and always has been. I am very proud of all three of them for their hard work!!
Oh, and I learned how to purl over the weekend. So I can now cast on, knit, purl, and cast/bind off. I think I am getting close to trying a real knitting pattern!
That is it for now. Hope you have a great night!
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wow jennifer you are one busy lady! love the bubble blowing bit about your daughter!lol lily will do the same thing to me! dog my every step showing me some new thing!lol so glad the kids are doing so great in school! congrats on learning so much with your knitting! very proud of you sweetie! also glad the mice invasion has slowed down.i haven't grown onions but i have grown leeks and it was pretty much just straight on planting seeds and the plants doing all the work!lol your plans for them sound right though hon. thanks for the update! we have been very windy and rainy here in central illinois also! like you say, the wind was just crazy! on one of my birdhouses, the roof got half blown off and i awoke to that yesterday and went crazy quickly running out to help mr. and mrs. sparrow get their house back in order!lol big hugs to you :)
ReplyDeleteYou sound like a completely proud mom. As far as the onion sets, I want to try to buy them this year. I tried planting them last year and they didn't spring up until this year-Great-so I'm gonna buy the plants and go from there.
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies. :) Patrice, that is interesting that they didn't come up until this year. Maybe you'll get a good crop! I have read that onions like wood ash and we have pleanty from the wood stoves, so I am going to till some in the soil. Leslie, I hope your birds stay around after having their house traumatized! :)
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