Early this spring the nursery had sets of Walla Walla sweet onions for sale (50 per set). They went into the ground in late April. Now they are ready to begin pulling. Begin by thinning. This onion went into a barbaque sauce flavored with dark roasted chili peppers, hot dried pepper flakes and Asian Five Spice. The sauce was drizzled over grilled chicken strips. Freshly picked and sauteed Kale was served as a side dish with dill onion rye bread hot out of the oven. The rye bread recipe called for dried onion, but the Walla Walla onion greens were used instead to excellent results.

The people of Walla Walla, Washington, each year honor the Walla Walla onion with the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Festival. This year will the the 29th year of the festival, but growing sweet onions in Washington has been a tradition for over a century. According to sweetonions.org, this delicious onion was the result of several generations' effort in selective cultivation.

Even though regular onions are plentiful in supermarkets and grocery stores, rarely do you find Walla Walla sweet onions available locally. If you didn't plant any Walla Walla sweet onions this year, put it on your list for next year's vegetable garden. Dry Creek usually carries Walla Walla onions each spring. Supplies are always limited and they go fast because they are exceptional onions, both in flavor, color, shape and ease of growing.