January planting

Where once there were cherry tomatoes... I put parsnips in one big gray planter and turnips in the other. Radish seeds went into a long, shallow box. The other long, shallow box has onions planted last month. A skinny line of green has erupted like single chives all in a row. Since these are meant to be bulbing onions, quite a few will get plucked and used like chives or scallions to give the others room to grow.

Onions

Onion seeds went into planting troughs today. I think I may germinate some in coffee filters as a test group. I found a packet of seeds called Candy. They're supposed to be a short season onion, which is in keeping with the higher water content, sweeter onion types. I'm dubious of the packet which promises maturity in 80 days. Everything else said 100+. I'll know when the tops fall down.