BYC Café

[aart]

i watched the video, I'm kinda creeped out!

Yeah, it is kinda creepy.....they are basically harmless, tho you don't want them getting into your kitchen.

 

[Sally PB]

I just got my first harvest from my garden!

We're running low on onions, so I thought I'd see about digging up some Egyptian Walking Onions. Yup, got some!

Made a really great frittata with lots of home grown ingredients. Eggs, onions, garlic, jalapenos, garlic scapes. Aided and abetted by store bought broccoli, carrots, milk, sour cream, salt and pepper.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I just got my first harvest from my garden!

We're running low on onions, so I thought I'd see about digging up some Egyptian Walking Onions. Yup, got some!

Made a really great frittata with lots of home grown ingredients. Eggs, onions, garlic, jalapenos, garlic scapes. Aided and abetted by store bought broccoli, carrots, milk, sour cream, salt and pepper.

Sounds delicious!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have 3 pots of walking onion growing here.
Only use the stems mostly.

 

[Sally PB]

The underground bulbs of EWO are more like shallots than regular bulbing onions.

 

[pennyJo1960]

That is what brought them to me. The gentleman that gave me them told me how he used them.

 

[Sally PB]

I really like the leaves of EWOs, and use them for green onions. They're heftier than green onion greens, so they hold up better in a soup, as a garnish.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

We are in for a rainy day here.
I'll have to try planting some of those EWOs, @Sally PB.

 

[Offshoreorca]

Good morning Cafe! Thanks for the coffee DL!

I inherited some walking onions last year - great things It's grey and balmy here. We're expecting a snow turning to rain event this evening, but it should be mostly rain for us.

 

[Sally PB]

@DobieLover, Remind me in August, and I will send you some planting bulbs.

The entire plant is edible. The leaves are like green onions, the topsets are tiny little onions that would be great for pickled onions, if you like/make them. I harvest the greens sparingly, taking a leaf here and there. The topsets can be used any time, or saved to plant more plants or send to a friend.

As they grow, the bulbs will turn into a "clump," and get bigger. I have taken half a clump, and had the clump regrow. If you dig up the whole clump, then that one is done. So when I dig them up, I am thinning out the bed.

Here are some pictures. As I said, these are shallot-type onions.

These are the topsets. A big one is the size of my thumbnail. Each one of these little bulblets will grow a clump. Plant in the late summer/early fall.

This is my EWO bed.