Sunday, October 16, 2011
Onion Grass
One summer Dad said that he would pay us a penny for each clump of onion grass that we dug up from the yard. The tools of the trade were a screwdriver and a bucket. We would use the screwdriver to loosen the dirt around the onion grass and then pull it up and drop it in the bucket keeping careful count of our pennies as we went. It wasn't a glamorous job but we had a lot of onion grass in the yard. I was the top earner that summer and I think I made somewhere around $5.
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The idea for the penny per clump came from the childrens mother Onalee. We agreed upon it and the children were earnest about getting those clumps out. They had two opportunities (Spring and
Fall)to attack those clumps of onion grass. The yard was sizable with 1/2 acre surrounding the house and of course the more they dug out the fewer that showed up in the next season. Diligence created a diminshing return when it came to onion grass.
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