To put a seed into the soil is to believe in the future. You trust that earth, water and time will bring you nourishing food. Time has brought us 8 red onions and a random white one.
They grew in rather close quarters, and a tiny lesson has been learned. We must plant them at a greater space to allow for bigger bulbs next year.
I’ve trimmed them and foolishly placed said onions onto the mantle in our kitchen. Now, I am airing out our whole home from the intense perfume of fresh onions.
Another novice mistake.
Now they sit on the porch airing out for a few days before I store them in the cupboard.
Do you have a recipe that features onions that you love? I’ll probably need to get through these red ones rather quick!
We’ve been misted today in a dainty almost microscopic rain. You know the kind that lightly falls on your face and skin, it feels refreshing? Eventually it saturates you to the core, and yet at the same time is lovely because it is warm. Summer rain, is so pleasant.
This constant rain has made New Zealand’s soil fertile and created an optimal growing season in many regions. Palmerston North has had one of the wettest summers on record. We can only help but flash back to our struggles in Eneabba trying to grow our food in the hot heat of summer. We watered it endlessly. Many of our plants died. Here, we hope for some more sunlight to help ripen our green tomatoes. Though, I’ve heard they are good fried green anyway!
