This week we had an amazing garden harvest. We brought in a ton of sqaush and even a bit of potatoes, but our biggest harvest this week was onions. Now we grew quite a bit of onions, we always do because normally we don't get very big ones but this year HOLY COW!!
We had one of these weigh in at just about 2lbs, thats alot of onion!!!
With us getting our monsoon rains its time for the onion tops to start falling over so when my dear husband went down to the field to harvest for market having picked 20 of each variety, SuperStar, Yellow Candy and Red Candy Apple and then went back down with his sister that was visiting to get more, they came back with a couple of our black crates full of onions I was a bit shocked. Then he said there were still quite a bit more and decided that we would do that before breakfast on Sunday (today).
Well 30 mins of picking this morning and the back of our truck was like this.....
Not too bad right?? Well after we unloaded 13.5 crates full and layed them in my mother in laws camper trailer (the only place big enough that would keep them from getting wet in the rain) we are now swimming in onions, and there are still more down in the field. I love it!!!
So here is what we have now,
the dinning table was folded down to its twin bed surface and filled,
the tile floor for the kitchen was covered,
and finally two of the four bunkbeds were covered.
They will be cured and ready for cutting stocks and roots off in just a few weeks and then they can go into crates to finish up drying but wow do we have onions. Its are first time with really good ones so I cant wait to try some onion blossoms and to make my own onion powder. I am also dehydrating rings and wedges to use in soups and breads. I really need to get more ideas for how to use them.
To think 5 years ago when I lived it the city I barely ever used onions, they never tasted good and made me cry. Well I still cry but love the taste, must be because they are MINE.
Come back soon and see what some of my experiments with the onions are.
Oh my goodness! Miles was not kidding. That is a whole lot of onions. I snagged a few from the box he brought down for all of us. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteOh my word!!! I can not believe how many onions that is.
ReplyDeleteAfter eating about 2 tons myself already, I would have to agree that they are incredible. Not just because you grew them yourself, although that is an amazing feeling. But, they are just really delicious. Less tears and more flavor. I would love love love more, thank you for the offer! I was thinking of trying my hand at onions, garlic and tomatoes. But, as the season is already starting, there may not be enough time. We'll see...