This morning, Dan and Tony and I planted about 60 feet of onions, which came out to one bed of three rows. It was a little overkill having three people planting a single bed at once. We planted them in little clusters of about four onions every 6 inches or so.
There were about 200 plants of each variety: Copra, a classic yellow cooking and storage onion; Walla Walla, a northwest specialty sweet onion which can grow very big; and Mars, a simple red onion. I've never grown onions from sets before, so it was exciting to see the little baby plants go in the ground and about 10 minutes later - poof - there are the onions! In years past, I've only grown leeks and scallions, both from seed.
After they all got planted, I covered the bed with straw. This will keep the soil a bit fluffy (which onions like), and will slow down the weeds. I'm already getting some weedy growth in some of the beds, but thankfully not the peas. It has been so wet recently that Dan suggested that peas, onions and potatoes are about all that can get planted. We had a mild winter up until early planting season started a couple weeks ago. The next time I get a couple sunny days to dry things out, I'll be planting mustards, spinach, raab/rapini and carrots. Also, the second round of peas will get planted soon, as well as potatoes - they are still on their way in the mail.
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