A Break and an Onion

I have spent the day knee deep and elbow high (if that is a thing) in paper work and getting my T’s crossed and my I’s dotted. In doing so, I am deleting pics that I no longer need and I came across this gem, which is worth a mention, and it is giving me a much needed break from the bullshit stack of papers and numbers.

In November I shoved two spuds into a pot of dirt because they were sprouting like crazy, which should have been a clue as to the massive growth rate they would have once watered. It, however, was not a clue and within a few days the sprouts turned into long arms and before long were towering over me. It was crazy how quickly they grew. In early February, one by one, each stem started to die. This process was also quick and when I say that, I mean the stem was healthy, and then it was dead. All in a day. There is one last stem that has flourished on its own and it refuses to give up, so I continue to water the lone surviver and hope that both potatoes that are laying the the darkness of the soil are not secretly rotting away while I wait for this last stem to turn dead. 

Now that you have that back story, I had an onion sprout almost as soon as I rescued it from the produce department of my local grocery store. I was tempted to stick it in the dirt with the potatoes, but after much consideration, I decided to go ahead and eat it with the crock pot dish I made that day. 

I am wondering what is going on with the locals around here because I am surrounded by farm lands and the vegetables should not be sprouting as soon as they make it to the stores.. Do you think they are feeding their lots miracle grow?