About three months ago I posted about recycling an old onion. Here's that post for reference @growingmyownfood/recycling-an-old-onion-let
Well, 90 days later and I am happy to report good success. The onion that had sprouted was divided into several pieces for planting. For 90 days, I have eaten and trimmed green onions from the leaves. That's been a nice garnishment for my salads and soups.
This week, I dug up the onions as a harvest.
The bulbs were smaller than the original onion. I expected that might be the result. However, it's nice to have fresh produce and the onions look nice after a washing.
There's another reason for pulling up the onions also. I planted the raised bed with running butter beans. The vines are growing quickly and I used the wire to train the runners.
The same wire was used in my earlier crop this year of sweet English Peas. The peas have been harvested and were delicious. You can see that post here @growingmyownfood/harvesting-sweet-english-peas-delicious
The English Pea bed has been turned into a watermelon bed. Those seeds were planted last week and have just sprouted.
There's another reason to remove the onions from the raised beds because the onions give off a chemical that prevents the beans from taking up nitrogen from the soil. So the onions are gone and the butter beans are running up the wire mesh. I should have results from the butter beans in about 35 days.
The variety of butter beans is a family heirloom seed that we pass down each generation. The bean is smaller and white with a tender and delicious flavor.
So what's in your garden? I finally have a few tomato plants up and a few peppers, but not nearly as many as last year. Strawberries are going strong, as well as mulberries. I have a few potato bushes that came up from taters that I didn't discover last year. It's nice to see nature regenerate and do some farming for me!