We knew it was coming. The forecast was pretty adamant about the coming wet weekend, with a possible start of the 'festivities' on Friday, later in the day.
We put in a respectable day of hard work on Thursday and then put in a longer and more respectable day of work on Friday. In short, we were kind of tired once quitting time hit around 7 pm or so. Ok, we were probably a bit tired before that, who's keeping track?
We had warm, windy weather and were reminded how much the wind can take out of you when you're working outside. But, I think the thing that stuck with me is how focused we can get when we are faced with a deadline - and I don't mean a self-imposed deadline.
I mean a deadline like that line of clouds to the west that says - "You are going to get wet if you don't get a move on." and/or "Stay out here if you want to learn how a lightning rod feels."
We were working hard and doing our best to get a good list of things done before that line of clouds was noticed by T. You should see how fast we can plant onions and move things around after we notice a line of clouds like that one.
So, yes - we got three 'rows' of onions in. To give everyone out there an idea of what a 'row' means to us. They are 60 foot long. We plant the onion plants three wide at 3 to 4 inches apart. Do the math - that's about 1600 onion plants in. That's a GOOD thing. Only ten or so more rows of onions to go and 5 or so rows of leeks after that. Piece o' cake.
ah, rows of onions. Why, it seems like only yesterday I was pulling weeds from around would-be onion plants on the Faux Farm. . .the good ol' days!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the rest of the planting!