Just a couple of notes for the Third week of
February
February- 9:30 in the morning and it is already above 40 degrees. I hope the coldest days of winter are behind us.
- The Red-winged Blackbirds have been back to the delta for about a week now. Huge flocks of Canada geese are obnoxious and can be heard from a mile away.
- The pussy willow burst open this week
- The snow is coming off the west lawn and paddock
- The geese are active and I see the beginnings of the first nest
- I planted three packs of onions, Ailsa Craig, Red Zeppelin, and Candy. Ailsa Craig Exhibition and Red Zeppelin are long day and Candy is a day neutral. I grew Ailsa and Candy in Oklahoma and loved them. Ailsa is a very large sweet onion, a favorite in Britain because it is adapted to cool seasons (Eugene gardeners might try this one.) Candy is the #1 field onion grown in Oklahoma, and Red Zeppelin is my red for color onion. Who cares what it tastes like. Its pretty. The key on planting onions in the north, so my sources say, plant indoors in February, keep the tops cut at about 4-5" as they grow. As long as the long day onion has 4 leaves by the longest day of the year, they should set bulbs. Now the latitude in Lexington is 35 degrees and the latitude in Brewster is 48 degrees. I prefer seed planted onions over bulbs. I've always had nicer onions when planted from seed. My onions were planted really late last year and did OK in my soil.
6 comments:
Sounds like your yard is barer than my garden
love the update. YOu sound like the northwest passage on npr radio. I like to liston to it while making dinner. we got snow today.
this was an inspiring post, i scope out my land...im thinkin this year i need all the veges i can grow! too bad we can not grow coffee beans
I like planting onions...always enjoyed them even if I really dont like to eat them.
I love onions! Hmmm Maybe I should see if my honey would build me a greenhouse? :)
Can you imagine if I could grow coffee beans? Your trick Liz will be sunshine. South side would be first choice, then the west side.
I agree Jan, there is something really fun about onions. I am going to try some different root crops this year. I've got White Belgian carrots that are suppose to be really easy and good eating when small. The ones you don't eat you let get very large for winter snacks for the birds.
I've got two to three weeks to get my greenhouse built. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Tam you need some little cold frames or garden tunnels. You could be growing all sorts of greens for the table.
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