Onion Harvest

I had a great crop of onions this year. I planted onion plants from Dixondale Farms, Carrizo Springs, Texas on March 19, 2017 and harvested August 1st. I grew long day Copra, Walla Walla, Redwing and Alisa Craig varieties.  The onions in the photo are Alisa Craig and weighed up to 1 1/2 pounds each!!!

Picking corn today to freeze corn on the cob. This is Bodacious a Hybrid SE/se corn. I plant this variety every year ...it is my favorite!

Spring is here so my mason bees are busy. They are great early spring pollinators! They don't sting and they don't swarm off to the neighbors as long as they have plenty of flowers to work on. In the fall I put them in cold storage until it is time for them to go to work in the early spring as soon as blossoms appear. They do not produce honey but that's OK.

My pimento peppers are ready to harvest! These were started from seed on March 30, 2014, up-potted on April 30 and set out in the garden on May 22, 2014. These will be diced and frozen to use in various dishes.

My Stanley plums are ready to pick. These will be dried for prunes and enjoyed throughout the winter!

Canned pickled dilled beans  are wonderful treats! This is my first batch made from green beans, garlic, fresh dill and peppers all from my garden. This recipe is on page 184 of my cookbook: Dad's Home Cooking; Traditional Recipes for Preparing Healthy Family Meals available on Amazon.

Red beets from my winter garden make a wonderful vegetable for any meal. I like mine pickled using the recipe in my cookbook Dad's Home Cooking; Traditional Recipes for Preparing Healthy Family Meals available on Amazon. These beets were planted August 8, 2013. Since the weather was below freezing in mid December, I covered the beets with a layer of tree leaves and secured them with row cover to keep the leaves from blowing off. They came through the freezing weather just fine!