It feels so GREAT to harvest onions after last years crop failure!

One thing about the lack of rain is that we think our yield for our onions is the best in a couple years. We didn’t harvest gigantic onions like we have in years gone by but the Candy onions are delicious and they are, for the most part, consistently sized.

On Thursday we harvested around 1500 – 2000 lbs of onions that are now on drying racks and we are hoping for non humid weather like we have had the last couple weeks so they cure out nicely. We won’t know the exact weight until we pull them down because once they have cured they will be a little lighter in weight.

We are also irrigating. It has been hot and dry here in the mountains so we have been running our irrigation every couple days. Our humidity level has been unusually low so our crops aren’t getting any moisture from overnight dews. We try to have lettuce for our CSA each week, and to keep the lettuce from bolting and also so it is a little less bitter flavor in the heat, we like to give it the much needed moisture. In addition, the corn loves water and needs about an inch each week.

The question from everyone is when will the corn be ready? Corn, like tomatoes, tastes so much better when eaten just after harvesting! It definitely ranks up there with tomatoes as something that should be eaten seasonally and only when it is fresh from the garden or area farms. We think the corn will be ready in a couple weeks. It has tassels and it is beginning to form ears.