From about 3:30 till after 6pm we planted onions at the Putney farm east of our place. The soil was prepared by spreading lime and well-composted manure, tilling, and making furrows. The rows are 230 ft long, and 4 furrows wide. The onion plants were started from seed in early February and look like tiny scallions now. We separate them into individual plants and put them into the ground about 5 inches apart. We planted about the first 400 ft with Copra, a great storage onion. The next 300 ft is Redwing, large and red, also a good storage onion. They were then watered by hand as the well pump there isn't yet hooked up.
We only got about 1/4 of the onions in. It's a huge job every Spring. We also have trays and trays of leek plants and about a full tray of scallions.
Haiku
The hands protected
by Winter's gloves are gone now
Made rough by Spring's work
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