tuesday. giant onions.

holy moly, these things got huge (the picture doesn't do them justice ... they are literally, almost four feet tall)! i wish i had a 'before' picture to show you of just how decimate they were, just even a month ago. in a last ditch effort to save them, the husband threw them in one of our raised vegetable beds—apparently, potato onions LOVE compost. as you can see, we are no longer hurting for growth on these babies. we even went back to the lady that sold them to us last year at the farmer's market to find out how to maintain and/or use something like this! if you don't know anything about potato onions, here's some info. they're an interesting breed for sure, and i'm so lucky we were able to find starts now that we know what the heck to do with them! she said we'll probably have 8-10 onions at the root of each one by fall!


in other gardening news ...

carrots have been thinned (both the cute, round market variety and regular).


holy potatoes! (they're at the front of the bed.)


we have teeny tiny cucumbers and the zucchini has blossoms!

apples are little babies, but no wormies this year!


cherries will be gone to the birds, but hopefully i'll get at least a few before they do.

red and white normal size onions are not 5 feet tall, but still doing lovely.



others i don't have pictures of at the moment ...

green beans are going crazy. blueberries are ripening. raspberries are taking forever, but green as ever. blackberries are getting big but still no flowers yet. and strawberries are sooooooooo close!