Of crumbs and rocks and winter ickies

This past Saturday Jackson and I went to the park. After a LONG week of ER visits, dehydration, and high fever his relentless virus finally seemed to let up enough so that we could get out of the house.

And gosh was I glad.

It's been gray and nasty here for several weeks and it's really starting to weigh on my heart. Add in worry about a VERY sick 4 year old and you get one frazzled mama.

The kind who struggles with the motivation to get out of bed and do another load of laundry or sweep up more crumbs off the floor.

Then I catch myself and feel guilty.

"Some people don't even have extra crumbs to sweep up" I think.

And I know this, and so I try to brighten my outlook and face the day with what energy I can muster.

I wished the sun had been out when we went to the park, but in the end the trip there was just as good without it. We had the entire place to ourselves and Jackson was thrilled to bury my feet with rocks.

That night as I gathered up clothes to wash, three little pebbles rolled out of Jackson's pants and onto the floor.

A treasure from our day...and a welcome one at that.

If an onion sprouts in my kitchen can I plant it and grow my own onions?

This is what found in my produce basket over the weekend. One of my store bought onions had sprouted!

After sharing my find with friends I began to ask myself the very question that gave this post it's title.
"Could I grow my own onions from my discovery?" I had to know.

Off I went to consult the interwebz...because of course, it knows everything.

Turns out, while you can plant an sprouting onion like the one you see in my picture, it will only continue to grow green stalks and perhaps eventually flower and make seeds.

It will not, however, grow another large onion like the one at the base of the plant. This is because it is already in its second stage of growth where the new onion plant is using the old onion flesh for nutrients as it grows.

The cool thing is that once the new plant produces seeds, you will be able to plant those and grow more yellow onions from the seedlings.

You also have the option of cutting up the green part of the plant and using them as scallions, which are super yummy with soup, baked potatoes, and more!

So there you have it! Yes, the sprouted onion can be planted...but no, it won't grow more large onions itself.