Winter-fresh scallions

Matt Drees called them "winter onions" when he invited Stan to pull a few from his rural Shakopee garden yesterday. The thinned plant will quickly replace itself, Matt said. The early green shoots border what will soon be a bountiful, productive vegetable patch, once Matt finishes deep tilling the dried leaves to loosen his clumpy soil. Lettuce first.
Yesterday Matt also kindly hauled away a load of Stan's brush produced by winter storm mishaps, advised him on a faucet repair, and then loaned him a vintage hammer drill for today's downtown drapery rod reinstall.
Stan stowed the fresh onions way in the back of the van, but you could still smell them from the front seat, all the way home. This morning he crushed just one into a brave carrot juice experiment. Yowsa!

Man at the top of Stan's good guy list.