Papa Smurf
Monday, April 14th, 2008
When we moved into our house, there was a forest of weeds growing under the grapes that lined the backyard. While clearing out the weeds, I found a few good plants as well, either remnants of an old garden or volunteers from some other place. I preserved as many of the good plants as I could, but some of those were later casualties when I decided to dig up the grapes.
One such casualty was a cluster of onions, the bulbs got broken up by the shovel while digging up the roots of the grape vines. One onion survived, though, as it grew on the other side of the little metal guard that separated the yard from the grapes.
I need to move it so it doesn’t get cut down by the mower, we don’t use the onions but it makes a lovely flower when it blossoms. This picture was taken in late June of last year, the flower is just about to break out of the casing and fully bloom.