Eighty percent of the onions grown in New York state come from the Black Dirt Region. Its 26,000 acres were a flood plain whose soil was enriched by the decay of vegetation over the centuries. In time, immigrants from Poland and other eastern European countries drained the swampy soil and reclaimed it for agriculture.

Plants grow in this soil even in the winter. I made this painting in December; it will be one of the paintings in the show I’m having with George Hayes in September at the Wallkill River School Gallery, Route 17K, Montgomery. For price information, to get on my mailing list, or to find out more about the show, please email me at carriebjacobson@gmail.com

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