March 1 and there is still way too much white stuff on the ground. My new onions plants will be here in 4 weeks! Come on spring. Eating too much of our good stored food and not getting enough exercise. Oh where are the days when I'm just too exhausted from the garden that I don't even want to cook? Ha
I decided I had better go through the stored potatoes and onions and see who is turning into soft goo.
I tossed circa 1/2 bushel of potatoes, mostly small ones that I never got around to using because of their size, and some reds that had shriveled and sprouted like crazy. Both these batches of potatoes were in baskets. The one in the storage under the stairs was furthest gone. I think it gets too warm in there when the wood stove is roaring. It's either find another location - such as the pine chest under the window, or insulate the under-stair closet. Storing the potatoes that will not fit in the frigs in the pine chest may be the way to go - it is the coldest spot in the room, especially when we crack the window.
We have two red onions left. They kept very well this year and I am hoping they do as well this coming year, as we will be growing more reds and less Copra.
In going through the multiple bags and bags of Copra, there was about a peck that had sprouted or were soft. By my calculations there is 1 and 1/2 bushel of Copra left to get us through to onion time - sometime in July when the Red Candy should be ready. There will also be walking onions and bunching onions as well.
