I started planting my onions in mid-March. I have chosen both short-day and long-day onion varieties. This season, I have planted around 120 onions, and I am excited about the harvest that I will get this summer. To amend the soil, I have used steer manure, lomi compost that I had collected during the winter, worm castings, and bone meal fertilizer. Normally, I include blood meal fertilizer at the beginning of the season, but last year, I noticed that it attracted many bugs and critters to my ga