In anticipation of the storm that came earlier this afternoon, I brought in most of the onions from the front porch–the ones that were done curing or mostly done. I trimmed the roots and tops this evening, sorted out the ones that were too blemished or peeled to sell (we’ll eat those), and weighed what was left.
I have 4 lbs. of red onions, 5 lbs. of white onions, and 13 lbs. of yellow onions (and another couple pounds or so of yellow ones that Mayda braided and hung on the wall). I’ve also sold one yellow onion and eaten several more already, so I could probably add another pound or two to that total. Amalie and I planted equal amounts of each color this spring, so the yellows were clearly the best producers…which is probably why most of the bagged onions in the grocery store are yellow ones. I’ve no idea what variety they were. We bought bags of onion sets on sale at Menard’s that were simply labeled by color.
The kids and I will go out tomorrow and find out what other places are charging for onions.
