Greenhouse Day 4 Onions and Leeks. Splendid.

"You will be trimming onions and leeks today."  the text says. 

I gather my tools, the sharpest snipper to make quick clean cuts, crates to work on and set up. 

When I work alone I carry my "personal listening device" which in my case is an old CD player and books on tape. No I-POD/PAD/Phone here. I put disk number 7 on and turn the volume up loud enough to be heard over the enormous exhaust fan. Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache will be keeping me company while I work. 

With the very first snip the pungent smell of onion punctures the air.  It is crisp and clean, smells as green as the tall spikey stalks look.  Vibrant. Splendid.

I fall into an easy rhythm; grab a pot, lift the spikes, swift clip with the snippers, toss the cuttings onto the rack, replace the pot and repeat. 

The sun rises higher in the sky and the greenhouse warms.  I shed two layers of shirts but keep them handy for when the fan cycles. 

It is a quick and easy task but there are a lot of them. Two CD discs later I am done.  

Before I go home, I waltz through The Big House to take in the splendor.. 

It is glorious.  It is always glorious.  Onions and leeks, begonia surfacing, marigolds being planted.   

See you tomorrow .