The BEST Onion Variety for Desert Gardens? | I'itoi Onion | Garlic Harvest

[@dawnjackson6741]

Love your aerial intro. Sometimes I just rewind it to see the land. If you ever revise it , It would be great to see one shot view of the entire landscape of the farm.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

We definitely need to get another good shot of the whole thing. Need to break out the drone again!

[@2A_supporter]

I’ve always thought the same but nobody listens to my comments

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@2A_supporter we hear you NorCal. We just don't get the drone up very often and it's hard to get a single shot of the whole thing. Working on it though!

[@lorinew-s2841]

During the intro talk, at 2.55 where you both are sitting under the fruiting trees... The side branches & fruit form kind of like a heart framing you...❤ the background tree branches form the top of the heart How cute!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Aww, will have to go back to see that!

[@hiddenvalleyfarmstead]

Love the astronaut walk in the bloopers 🤣

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Haha, it totally feels like it in those suits!!

[@tonisee2]

About at 8:30, it looks like a cool astronaut training... ;-) Great overview as always, good luck!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

I just couldn't help myself. I shot the video of everyone walking towards the hives and immediately thought of a moon walk!

[@brendan3081]

oh man, spoiling me with the flavor delight footage 😄

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Glad we could get those in, we just finished harvesting them so that will be it for this year!

[@mesutozsen903]

Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel video için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Teşekkürler Mesut. Her zamanki gibi çok cesaret vericisin!

[@deecooper1567]

I just giggled watching you feed those little piggies😂😂😂😂. The place is looking very 👍. Lori I can sympathize with you . Mine was an accident that left me with frontal lobe brain damage & NO TASTE 👅🤯. I used to enjoy cooking from scratch but not any more😢 You two have a wonderful day 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Oh no, that's just horrible to lose your taste permanently! Do you have any "taste" at all (for example, sweet vs sour)?

[@deecooper1567]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm If it’s real sweet yes, but not if chocolate, strawberry, peach etc. just the sweetness. Sour no. Just makes me sad but I still cook 🧑‍🍳 & have someone taste it lol 😂. Takes me longer to put things together cuz I have to look up recipes, no more on the fly 🤪🤪🤪. 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@GetToTheFarm]

You were featured in a recent shout out video at Get to the Farm!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Can you link to that episode for us here?

[@matthewmayer8194]

Yes!!!!!!! An indigenous variety!!!!

[@matthewmayer8194]

You can also use the tops as green onions to add onion flavor without using the bulb.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Yes, these have been grown here for a VERY long time. We actually have another type of crop that we'll be planting next month with the monsoon season that is also indigenous. Really looking forward to those as well!

[@irisdude]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Have you grown tepary beans? I'm harvesting some right now.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@irisdude 😉

[@irisdude]

I am definitely interested in some i'itoi onion starts in the fall when you sell them. They look great. Your grapes look fantastic! They are double the size of mine (probably because you water yours better than I do)..lol Your tomato trellace should do well. I've done that method before. Don't worry if some of the vines get damaged or look wilty afterwards, the suckers will take off from them and fill the area well and shade the tomatoes beneath. I'm currently picking off tomato hornworms and burying them under the wood chip mulch pathway about 6 inches down to decay. Your chickens and ducks will probably love any you find. Your farm has simply exploded since I visited you at your open garden event. I planted a couple of the luffa seeds I got from you and it is struggling...need to water it every day it seems or the leaves wilt. It's about 8 inches long now hopefully will start to grow up the tree trunk. It has been whacked back a couple times by cut worms, but it keeps growing. The other one I planted got taken down all the way by a cut worm so it is gone.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

That's good to know with the tomato trellis. It seems to be doing well so far. Sorry to hear those loofah are struggling a bit. We usually water them daily for the first month or so and then you'll be able to cut back to a couple of times a week. Once they're a couple of feet long they can usually hold up. That being said, we'll be planting for the third time on our second trellis after losing the starts to bunnies. One great thing about these, as long as you get one to take and produce gourds you'll have plenty of seeds for years to come!

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

I need to find some multiplier onions. I’ve been intrigued by them for a couple years and from what I understand, in our climate here you shouldn’t have to do a big harvest, just pull them as needed.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

It's funny you mentioned that partial harvest, Lori was just talking about that yesterday. We did harvest all of these this year, but I imagine we should try putting a few back in the ground to see if we can get them to go through the Summer for a Fall harvest. Better yet, not harvest all of them next time!

[@blueberryrl]

​@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Wow those are a lot of onions, I never heard of this variety plus it does so well in Arizona! I love the background of your farm 😊. I'm curious I'm thinking of planting a Santa rosa plum tree and I'd like your input. Should I plant a Santa rosa plum or a flavor delight aprium? I hear from some sources that plum trees don't produce every year is this true?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@blueberryrl between those 2 I would go with the aprium. It's a consistent producer for us and the fruit ripens well. The only caveat is the aprium does better with a pollinator (another apricot, we use the Katy) while the Santa Rosa does not need one.

[@blueberryrl]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thanks for the info. I'm just wondering now who sells the flavor delight aprium where can I get one in Phoenix?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@blueberryrl it would be worth reaching out to Reid at RSI Growers. I don't know if he's still propagating them, but he took cuttings from our old farm and propagated the trees we have on this farm from those.

[@sgrvtl7183]

Very interesting video with nice surprises of beautiful fruits and vegetables. Your apricots look colorful & tantilizing sitting on those trays in your kitchen. GoodLuck with the summer weather ~ and thank you for sharing ~

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@kyle3497-l3j]

👍👍🙏🙏❤️❤️🇸🇦🇸🇦 Greetings from Saudi Arabia Love your vlogs

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there Kyle. Very similar climate for you over there!

[@kyle3497-l3j]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm exactly 🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@lindawoody8501]

I am harvesting garlic from the Supermarket (Safeway it seems) I planted in October. Medium bulb sizing is the larger with many tiny bulbs that I am using a s grasshopper deterrent - yes the hoppers have arrived/grown and are about.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Ugh, grasshoppers are another bane of our existence it seems! We figure a few of these onions in each bed may help out a bit, so solid suggestion!

[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

Excellent video. lot learns about I'itoi Onion, bee hive, garlic. all fruits, Clip picture, fig, apple, grape, Goat, Duck, chicken, apricot . this i don't have good harvest of garlic due to cold. I planted softneck garlic. Lori and you are our inspiration

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there Abid. No Jujube in this one, but we did get a few shots for next week's vlog just for you!

[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm ,Appreciated for your kindness

[@jeffgrimm8495]

I plan on starting a nut/fruiy orchard also typocal gardening. In Marfa Texas. Learned and enjoyed your videos

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Glad you're enjoying the content and we can be inspiration for you to do some of this as well. If you have any questions as you get up and running, please shoot them over!

[@theannecrossett7761]

Loved the vlog...thank you both for sharing :)

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Hi neighbors! Begining of video, So many farm sounds! LOL Bees! 🐝🐝 The I'itoi onions sound amazing! I wonder how long the shelf life is. Thanks for another great update and tips! Cheers 🥂

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there Aaron. The shelf life may not be as long as the larger onions, but we had viable starts that we harvested last Spring and planted in the Fall with no issues. They started sprouting by September or so.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanks for the heads up! We have failed growing large onions many times in the past. Maybe this is something we can practice with.

[@chetnash5991]

Wow! Instead of bagging individual peaches, would it be easier or cheaper to bag the whole tree?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there Chet! Yes, we almost always net peach trees, but these trees only have a handful of peaches, so we figured it would be easier to net the fruit.

[@tonyowen116]

Seems the harvest is abundant this year. Was wondering what Brand is your PVC cutter? Noticed also, that there is a reduced number of pigs in the pin.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

This year's harvest has been great so far! I'm not sure on the cutters, I think I got the from Home Depot years ago. Yes, we are down to the last 6 pigs that will go to the processor on Tuesday!

[@OZARKMEL]

Your tomatoes are gorgeous. I lost ALL of mine to some kind of blight. Started dying off at the bottom and went right on up. I'll not have any this year.... :(

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Oh man, that is a real bummer. Tomatoes are hit or miss for us as well.

[@taylorvanbuskirk8040]

Is it me, or did I see a "Flow Hive?" If so....what do you think? Do you like it?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Good catch Taylor. We do have a flow hive that we're trying. Haven't had a flow of honey yet, so we'll see how it does!

[@taylorvanbuskirk8040]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm, keep us updated. I'm really interested in an honest review. Do the bees in the Flow Hive make as much honey? Is it as easy to retrieve the honey as they make it look? Questions like that. Cool!

[@TheFatTheist]

Do you guys do much sunflowers? I haven't seen them in the videos. I think they are just the most beautiful flowers and they are so hardy. They love the heat and can really go most of the summer. Additionally, the birds will eat the seeds and it helps keep them off of some of the other crops. Note I said it "helps" doesn't stop them from eating other stuff. They will eat what they eat and there is no stopping it short of netting but a few alternatives do help. Also, I don't know what you need for your bees but they might be good for them too. They are so easy to grow. You could literally just push a seed down into your wells around the trees and get them all over. I also use them to trellis stuff. I got tomatoes and Armenian cucumbers growing up some. Might try to grow cantaloupe up them next year.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Alan! We have grown them a couple of times and are trying to seed a few into the area around the banana this year. The biggest challenge we have here is the quail. They eat pretty much any start that comes up that's not covered and we have lost entire crops of sunflowers to the little buggers.

[@irisdude]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Do the quail go into the chicken/turkey/or duck runs? If not, can you plant them in those runs protected from the chicken/ducks/and turkeys? If you can get seed heads off them, you can wire up a seed head or two to the fence of the chicken run a foot up from the ground and the chickens will have a blast pecking the seeds out of them.

[@TheFatTheist]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Wow, I didn't realize that the quail did that. Too bad!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@irisdude the challenge inside the runs is the chickens! They eventually get into just about everything unless we protect it top to bottom. It's actually easier to protect from quail.

[@irisdude]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I am litterally laughing out loud. I have read so much about people's experiences with chickens that I don't doubt you.

[@kathartsuiker1382]

What’s the name of the nursery where you get your trees? The one where Reed is.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Kat. I'll link to his website for you here; rsigrowers.com/index.php?

[@MapleSyrupnWaffles]

@6:24, you mention a grower that you got a tree from but I cannot understand the name. Can you repeat that? lol

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Yeah, I did really mess up the pronunciation on that! It's RSI Growers. I'll link to the website for you here; rsigrowers.com/

[@MapleSyrupnWaffles]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thank you!!

[@jimwhite6123]

Awesome Channel!!! Love the content, optimism, and ingenuity!!! Quick grapevine trellis question… Do your vines burn when they touch the HOT conduit, t-posts, and wire? I want to build a trellis like yours but I’m concerned with the hot metal and the vines. Any pro tips?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there Jim. Glad you're enjoying the content. No issues with the heat on the trellising. Generally speaking, the wires and conduit are covered in vines by late Spring before we really see the hot days, but we tie vines up to those all summer long with no issues.

[@jimwhite6123]

That’s GREAT! Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate your help and everything you’re teaching us!!! Have a Wonderful Week!

[@terigeorge5545]

I see your Golden Dorsett or Anna apples are still on your trees. I harvested mine in May last year but I seem to remember you waiting until June. Mine are still on the tree but trying to figure out when to harvest them. I’m concerned they are getting a little mealy.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there Teri. We will start checking those this week some time. Usually for us out here in Wittmann, we're about 2-3 weeks behind everyone in the city. With all of the late frosts the trees were a little late to set this year, so I think we're still ok.

[@terigeorge5545]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. We are in Anthem area. How can we tell if they are ripe?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@terigeorge5545 Golden is really hard to tell as they are usually overripe by the time they change color (they turn to a light green/yellow when fully ripe) and the Anna doesn't always get a red blush by the time it's ripe. For us it's a matter of testing one starting about now.

[@samialsahhar9621]

How fast I’itoi onion will take to multiply and do you know a good source for the bulbs? Thanks!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

They multiply over the growing season which for us is October through March/April. We do hope to have some bulbs available here this Fall and going forward each season. We will offer those through our customer email list which you can join through our website here; www.edgeofnowherefarm.com/

[@AMAOG78191]

How do you store them in the house? Mine are all cured and ready to store. I just put them in onion bags and hung them. Is that good?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Yes, a mesh bag is an excellent way to store them. We have a rack in the house and usually lay them out on top of foil or carboard to keep the airflow, but a bag works great as well.

[@dawnjackson6741]

Do you sell the apricot seeds?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Aurora. No, we don't sell seeds or cuttings. Are you here in AZ?

[@dawnjackson6741]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm no east coast girl here.

[@dawnjackson6741]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm no if I was I would definitely come to your farm.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@dawnjackson6741 well, if you're ever on the West side of the country, you'll need to drop in for a visit!

[@bijou737]

Is it just the 2 of you working your farm?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Yes. Lori is here Full Time and I (Duane) help on nights and weekends. We do have help with chicken and turkey processing, but otherwise it's just the two of us.

[@bijou737]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Wow! You're both doing a great job!

[@mirleydamazio628]

É possível você vegetar toda sua área com florestas produtivas e muito alimento. Veja o trabalho de Ernest Gotsch, Antônio Gomides- Agrofloresta, entre outros, no Brasil. Suas áreas são em locais áridos e degradados e eles mudaram ou estão mudando isso. 🇧🇷

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Essa é uma excelente sugestão e estamos trabalhando para isso. Estes primeiros anos concentraram-se em fazer avançar o nosso negócio/rendimento agrícola, que agora financia o projecto.

[@louisaholman3838]

My granddaughter lost her smell from covid. After two year a very few scents have returned.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

It's been a real challenge this time for Lori. I (Duane) had my first bout of Covid in August of 2021 and lost my taste and smell completely for a couple of months, but almost 2 years later and it's not back completely. Lori still can't smell a thing and it's been almost 2 months.

[@marschlosser4540]

Ee-toy, long E, one sound. Ee. As I understand, they were brought from Asia with the Black Ships (ships owned by the king of Spain taking hides and tallow to Asia and bringing back silk and so on). We prefer to cut tops, chop and dry them to use instead of bulb onions. i'itoi are strong-flavored and will continue to grow till heat knocks them back till the monsoons. When thinning, we save the roots with an inch of top, and plant them to make new patches. Most all of our onions are raised for tops, not bulbs. The bees are beautiful Funny watching the pigs act like humans (AKA being piggish :) But, if I had a mess of ripe apricots, I'd be no better LOL. Garlic was iffy. Some beds were so not good I just piled a foot of mulch over them to plant something else. They'll come back during the monsoons for garlic scallions. niio

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Thanks for the clarification on the pronunciation Martin. I figured it had to be something like that! We struggle with garlic also. These are "soft neck" and from what I understood should have lain down when they were ready, but these were definitely well past done.