I have decided to take gardening seriously. It's not that I haven't been serious about it in the past. But in previous years I've mostly just thrown some seeds in and hoped for the best. This time around I am going to plant less, research more and really try to take care of it so that something other than weeds might actually grow!
However, my first gardening purchase this spring was a rash one. I happened to see onions 'on sale' as I walked through our local hardware-and-a-bit-of-everything store with my family. Error 1: I made a gardening purchase at a non-gardening centre. Error 2: I had not yet researched what kind of onions I really wanted to buy.
Just now I have read about onions in my new gardening guru book and did an internet search as well.
My gardening book taught me that for what I want to grow and with our climate, etc. in mind, I should probably 1. plant 'Walla Walla' seeds and start them indoors before transferring them to our small fenced garden plot and 2. grow scallions from seed and start them indoors as well before transferring them to the containers on the deck.
I learned from http://www.gardeningblog.net/how-to-grow/multiplier-onions/ that what I impulsively grabbed last night is called a 'set' and they are multiplier onions. Basically, they aren't what I want to plant!! Off to a brilliant start on this 'serious' gardening, aren't I?
So now to use my newly acquired knowledge, I endeavor to:
1. Plant the multiplier onions in the small fenced garden plot and see what happens. (I will consider it an 'educational investment'.)
2. Buy 'Walla Walla' seeds and start them indoors.
3. Buy scallion seeds and start them indoors.
That's what I'm going to do.
I'm gardening.
Seriously.
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