A few mornings ago, we woke to 4 degrees outside. Today was 31. Since the temperatures are keeping me inside, I turn to my mail to find something good. Oh, lookie here! Seed catalogs!!!!
This is the time of year that these catalogs start rolling in. I have had the Dixondale one for over a month, though. So, I get to flip through the pages and dream about this seasons garden and the, hopefully, bountiful harvest.
If you aren’t familiar with Dixondale Farms, they are a great company to order your onions starts from. Their website has plenty of information to help you choose the right onion variety for your area. As well as info on storage potential and fertilizing/growing care.
Don’t mind the mess, I only added to it. This was the onion starts that I had ordered a few years ago. 3 varieties with 1 bunch of each. Each bunch was supposed to have about 50 onions. I ended up with closer to 70. So, they definitely make sure you get your moneys worth. The varieties I got were Ailsa Craig, Candy, and Red River. I highly recommend all of them, but honestly, you can’t go wrong with any of the varieties offered.
I planted and followed the fertilizing suggestions, since I’d never grown so many onions before. I ended up with an amazing harvest of over 200 onions. I did pick some while they were small, just because I could. The largest I got was over a pound. We had enough onions to be able to share and still had plenty to last us almost 6 months.
So, if you have onions on your gardening list, but don’t know where to find starts, try Dixondale Farms. No affiliation, I’m just a happy customer.
I do have leeks and shallots on my list to try growing. How about you?
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