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[Poco Pollo]

Good morning Okies : )

I've done my best to catch up reading posts. Haven't been feeling 100%, but I'm on the mend. DH and DD have been practicing farmers. I'm appreciative for their efforts.

Our sixth grandchild was born yesterday. The little guy is rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed. I haven't had a chance to visit him yet, but I'll post when I do. He's three weeks early, if one is counting the days, but from what I see in his pictures, he's exactly on time : )

 

[kelielliott]

Good  morning Okies : )

I've done my best to catch up reading posts.  Haven't been feeling 100%, but I'm on the mend. DH and DD have been practicing farmers.  I'm appreciative for their efforts.   

Our sixth grandchild was born yesterday.  The little guy is rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed.  I haven't had a chance to visit him yet, but I'll post when I do.  He's three weeks early, if one is counting the days, but from what I see in his pictures, he's exactly on time : )

Congrats!!! Babies are such a blessing! Hope you feel better soon so you can meet that baby boy!

 

[Kyzmette]

Plant ID geniuses, any idea what kind of onion this is? It has an onion smell, it'll bloom pretty purple flowers, and it grows wild all over my property. I've left it alone in the hope that the bulbs would get larger, but they never do. I'd like to know when the best time to harvest is.

 

[mjgigax]

Good morning Okies : )

I've done my best to catch up reading posts. Haven't been feeling 100%, but I'm on the mend. DH and DD have been practicing farmers. I'm appreciative for their efforts.

Our sixth grandchild was born yesterday. The little guy is rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed. I haven't had a chance to visit him yet, but I'll post when I do. He's three weeks early, if one is counting the days, but from what I see in his pictures, he's exactly on time : )

Glad you are feeling better and congratulations on the new little rooster!

 

[JacobH]

Plant ID geniuses, any idea what kind of onion this is? It has an onion smell, it'll bloom pretty purple flowers, and it grows wild all over my property. I've left it alone in the hope that the bulbs would get larger, but they never do. I'd like to know when the best time to harvest is.

We've had the same ones for years. We normally pick and eat just as we find them. I've looked before and I think everyone just calls them wild onions.

 

[Jeansrie]

My first frizzled silkie baby! Hoping to get some frizzled showgirls, too.

 

[cscigu]

Plant ID geniuses, any idea what kind of onion this is? It has an onion smell, it'll bloom pretty purple flowers, and it grows wild all over my property. I've left it alone in the hope that the bulbs would get larger, but they never do. I'd like to know when the best time to harvest is.

We've also just called those wild onions. I'd say right now is about as good/big as they are going to get. I haven't dug any in years, but seem to remember they are a little on the strong side. How do they taste?

 

[miohippus]

Plant ID geniuses, any idea what kind of onion this is? It has an onion smell, it'll bloom pretty purple flowers, and it grows wild all over my property. I've left it alone in the hope that the bulbs would get larger, but they never do. I'd like to know when the best time to harvest is.

We call them walking onions

 

[NanaKat]

Plant ID geniuses, any idea what kind of onion this is? It has an onion smell, it'll bloom pretty purple flowers, and it grows wild all over my property. I've left it alone in the hope that the bulbs would get larger, but they never do. I'd like to know when the best time to harvest is.

Wild onions are best in the Spring and look like a stand of chives. Traditionally they are prized ny the Indian tribes and it is a spring tradition to hunt, dig and prepare them in the spring. They are peeled...tedious process. The greens are usually chopped and cooked with the bulblets with a little bacon fat until tender and the cooking juices reduced to almost none. Then eggs are scrambled and cooked with the onion. We call the dish crow.

Plant ID geniuses, any idea what kind of onion this is? It has an onion smell, it'll bloom pretty purple flowers, and it grows wild all over my property.

We call them walking onions

Walking onions or winter onions are known as Egyption onions also. They are much larger than wild onions. The actual walking onion is 2 to 3 inches long and 1 to 2 inches in diameter similar in shape to a shallot. These can be pulled and stored but are extremely hot. They spread by the .5 to 1 inch bulblets that form on the flower stem. It becomes heavy as the bulblets grow causing the stem to bend over to the ground. This is where the name walking onions originates. We have had them for years. We usually pull out the older plants in the fall. We collect the bigger bulblets and plant them in rows in the garden. The plants are very tender in the spring and we cut them just like green onions. In the early fall, new onion emerge staying green until winter. The plants are very tender in the spring and we cut them just like green onions. I'll try to get a picture in the morning.

 

[Kyzmette]

Thank you to everybody that replied on the onions! If I'd asked earlier I would have been out harvesting this weekend, because I have enough to keep everybody at work in onion for weeks!

Dewberries are all in bloom, and it looks like I'll have a nice harvest this year. I can taste the jam already. I think I'm going to make a dewberry/pepper sauce, too, like blackberry/jalapeno sauce, for pork and chicken.

Oh, and check out my first iris of the year! I'm not sure who gave me this color, Kass or Nanakat, but it's GORGEOUS!!! You can't tell by the pic, but it has just the lightest hint of bluish-purple in the middle of the petals. Thank you guys, I can't tell you how much it meant to me to see this beauty.