From: jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:28:56 -0500, Joy Beeson   
    wrote:   
      
   >  you get scallions as soon as you can dig them up.   
      
   Thursday, 17 December 2025   
      
   I forgot that it isn't enough for the soil to be soft enough   
   to stick a trowel into.  You have to be able to *find* the   
   thing you want to dig up -- and for a while, finding soil to   
   stick a trowel in would have involved a lot of digging.   
      
   I was hoping the snow would stick to the end of the year,   
   but we've struck a rainy spell.  (Northern Indiana, USA)   
      
   I dug up a few scallions yesterday.  I've figured out how to   
   clean them after disconnecting the hoses:  Put a bucket in   
   the sink to catch the dirt and trimmings, and work inside in   
   comfort.  I may continue that after the weather warms up. (I   
   have rectangular Rubbermaid mop buckets that fit into the   
   sink.)   
      
   I dug up a clump of scallions yesterday.  Since the sprouted   
   bulbils were easiest to get at, they are wee tiny things but   
   so sweet and crisp that they are worth the effort when I can   
   spare the time.  Most of the greens have to be thrown away.   
      
      
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