It's What's Up Wednesday!

As I write this, I’m looking at one of the bright red cardinals I’ve been watching all winter. He looked so striking in the towering spruce against the backdrop of green and white. Now, he’s sitting in my forsythia bush, enrobed in yellow flowers. Equally striking, but in an altogether different way. 

The temperature dropped considerably this week, and I wonder if he’s hoping for his backdrop of snow again. 

If that’s the case, I need to have a word with him. Despite the cold weather, my daily trips to the garden have revealed hundreds of new plants poking up from the mulch. I ordered cipollini transplants and got them in the ground this past weekend, and they, too, are already perking up and starting to grow.

Onions are one of those vegetables that seem simple to grow; after all, there’s not much to them. But it took me a while to figure them out. It turns out, I’m not the only gardener stumped by this simple kitchen staple. So, I thought I would write up an onion growing guide and cover the two most important aspects of growing onions that most of us get wrong. 

I hope it leads to many homegrown tears in your kitchen this summer! 🧅🔪😂