At the moment my red onions were ready to be harvested, but my yellow onions are still not quite ready to be picked. I always wait for the stems to fall over when harvesting onions and my red onions have fallen were ready to be picked from the soil. I had planted two extra totes of red onions this season and it seems to have been a good decision. Once they dry out on the table outside I will then bring them inside and feast on them throughout the year.
Although I have harvested red onions the rest of the garden is still growing and not quite ready for a good harvesting. I would say within a week or so I should be start picking vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes, and possibly peppers. Right now I have been slowly picking zucchini which has been growing quite well and ripening fast.
Many of my tomato plants are producing fruit and have not began to ripen just yet. I am hoping that with all this hot sunny weather they should start turning red. It will be interesting to see how many plants of cherry, Roma, and beefsteak I have. I went through several plantings in the spring and kind of lost track of how much of each type I have. At the moment I have at least two Romas, several beefsteak, and several cherry tomato plants.
I will also start digging up my potatoes that I planted in the springtime. The plants are started to wither and die and this is when you know it is time to get them out of the ground. I plan on digging them up sometime this week at the latest. I could do it tomorrow morning before the afternoon rain comes. I will have to see how the week goes before digging them up. They will definitely be up by the end of the week.
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