Early harvest

Once they get going, onion seedlings tend to shoot up, kind of like runaway blades of grass. When they get up around 8-10 cm (3-4″) range, we use little snips to trim them back to about 2.5 cm (1″). This keeps them manageable under the grow lights, instead of flopping over into a tangle.

What to do with all the trimmings? Eat them, of course! They’re mini-green onions, with a delicate flavor and a pleasant bit of onion bite, at their best sprinkled raw on something light. Like eggs (local eggs usually taste best)!

Our first real harvest of the year is still weeks away, so this is a bit of a tease for us here on the farm, but it’s a tasty one. And the onions do have to be trimmed!