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Onions drying on our veranda. |
The onion harvest is in from my
Kanagawa garden. I planted about twenty-five red onions in December or January (I can't recall exactly, and
my office assistants won't let me up.) in a bed layered with leaves and manure and then
mulched with
wara (rice straw)
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The mulched onion bed in January. If you squint, you can see them... |
It didn't feel too promising, I must admit, in the early days as they battled the cold, dry winter, but they held on until the weather warmed.
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My brave little onions stretching for the sun. |
Then they sent up their strong green leaves and set my mouth to watering as I anticipated pickles, salads, and chutneys. Friends, of course, anticipated the same as well as one or two to call their very own.
I harvested them a little late - Saturday, June 2 - but before the rainy season arrived in earnest. Now, they are lounging on our veranda in between showers and underneath the laundry.
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