{"id":12971,"date":"2023-03-27T10:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T17:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12971"},"modified":"2023-04-15T20:14:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T03:14:50","slug":"onion-planting-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12971","title":{"rendered":"Onion planting time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I order onions from south Texas and they arrive here before spring. I would prefer the plants arrive about April 1st but that doesn’t fit the schedule for Carrizo Springs, TX. Find the southern tip of Texas and follow the Mex-TX border for 225 miles to the northwest. On Monday morning the local airport there shows 79\u00b0F while the airport at Ellensburg shows 33\u00b0. It was 19\u00b0 when I got up; the low for the day. This week is supposed to warm some.<\/p>\n

I have been moving a pile of dirt \u2013 previously dug but not sifted. Have moved 10 cart-loads \u2013 rocks going onto a ramp, dirt onto the garden. Now I need to till that in with some fertilizer and stick the onion sets into rows.
\nThey arrived Thursday.\"\"
\nEach bundle will have more than 50 plants, up to about 70. I’ll plant 350 and give the rest to Phyllis at the winery. I buy types that are supposed to keep well from harvest to March. For this year I have one exception.
\nAilsa Craig {anglicisation of the Gaelic, Aillse Creag meaning “fairy rock”} is a white onion that can grow to several pounds. Some get to 8 pounds. These do not store for more than a month or two, but they make large onion rings.
\nSearch Google Earth with the name “Ailsa Craig UK” to see the presumed source \u2013 the Fairy Rock. One other onion, the Kelsae Sweet Giant, will grow larger (15 pounds or more), but I don’t have access to that one. \"\"
\nWeather and schedules permitting, we have been pruning vines. <\/p>\n

A bit of work is again underway on the house. Nothing worth a picture so far but soon. Materials are partly here. A new front door is here and some wood flooring \u2013 more arriving soon. Monday?<\/p>\n

The wood stove is still the source of heat. Night time temperatures are still freezing or below and heat pumps are not highly efficient when the air is that cold. I expect to be using wood until Easter, this year, April 9th.<\/p>\n

I’m late with this.
\nOutside air is now 36\u00b0 and I can go work on the onion plot.<\/p>\n

Keeping Track
\non the Naneum Fan<\/p>\n

John<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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