Deidre,no your not crazy, your a garden junker! All of yall have such cute ideas. I think you would like the garden junk forum. Alot of people over there w/ all kinds of unique & funky garden projects & objects using recylcled stuff in with their gardens.Friendly group of people & lots of ideas. Fun to look.....Judy

My onions are nowhere near being ready. The bulbs are still enlarging, and the foliage remains green, lush and strong. Some of the onions are about softball-sized, but most are between baseball and tennis ball sized.Only one short-day onion has foliage that is lying down on the ground, but I think yesterday's 30 mph winds did that because that onion was standing straight and tall yesterday morning with no softening of the neck whatsoever. For anyone who's new to growing onions, if you are wondering how to know when they are ready, it is when their necks soften and all the green foliage turns yellowish or brownish and falls over prostrate on the ground. Once that happens, you can pick them and cure them for a few days before storing them away. I am eager to get the succession crops in the ground in the bed currently full of onions, but I know that I just have to be patient and wait for the necks to soften and fall over. I think that is still a couple of weeks away. I will not pick the onions prematurely since that causes them to last for a shorter period of time in storage. The intermediate day types that survived the flooding March rains in the garden and the bolting that took out so many of them are not as big as the short day types and likely will not match them in size or quality. As the intermediate ones continue to bolt at the rate of one or two a week, I use them. More than half of the intermediate day ones have bolted already, but the rest are growing well. Despite the erratic weather, the onions have performed really well overall and it is a great onion year here.

I'm back, glad the Kt is working again! It's so cold out today. Yesterday it was around 70. Where did the Spring go? Maryann, have fun swimming this afternoon! Susan, I hate having to do stuff after work. What kind of open house is it? I never did stop and get anything for the Easter baskets, but did stop at Qdoba and get a naked burrito for lunch and dinner. I stopped at Whole Foods too, since it was right by the doctor's office and pharmacy. Got some Wasa crackers that are allowed on this diet. They don't look too good, but I'm willing to try anything. I also picked up some honey for Alex, he's been asking for some, and a couple other things. I almost bought some organic chicken but I really can't afford to pay $12 for one chicken. I don't really understand why it costs more, no steriods or hormones, you'd think it would cost less. Everytime I go in there I look at the pinenuts too, but I can never bring myself to pay nearly $10 for less than a pint of them. I really miss them, we used to get them back in NV by the bagload. People would go out and pick them in the Fall, and they'd be in every store in town including little stop and shop gas stations. Heading to Wal-Mart with a heavier coat in a little bit to get the rest of the kids' Easter stuff, before they come home from school. Got to hide it from them.

Socks, Maria is an exchange student from Spain and has to have all this documentation to prove she actually took the classes and passed. I can't wait to retire. Sleeperblues, I decided to take the class later in the year. Now that I've thought about it, though, I'm not so sure I'm even going to take it. I may do an on-line course, though, just so I have some of the knowledge.