Planting onions is one of my favorite April vegetable garden projects. This year I am planting Walla Walla onions, our regionally famous sweet onion. In late August we will harvest the bulbs and enjoy ...

Michael J. Locati looks through the new rosé Walla Walla sweet onions in the Walla Walla River Packing Company July 25 in Walla Walla, Wash. WALLA WALLA, Wash. — It took 10 years for Michael J. Locati ...

Walla Walla Sweet Onions made international headlines last October when a photo of the sweet onions in a wicker basket, posted by a seed company, was deemed too sexy for Facebook. After much ...

Walla Walla sweet onion harvest will kick off in mid-June. Michael J. Locati, president of the Walla Walla sweet onion marketing committee, hopes for improved yields and prices. Walla Walla sweet ...

SOME PEOPLE ARE still mad about the whole Washington state vegetable thing. Seems that a vocal agricultural contingent agitated for it to be, of all things, the potato. Sure, potatoes are great, but ...

At a time of year when most people are fixated on berries and peaches, corn and tomatoes, it's also the season to get excited about onions -- not just any old allium but a heritage sweet onion ...

Over the years I’ve made quite a few blunders when working with the Walla Walla sweet onion. The idea that they’re so wonderful they’ll fit in anywhere that a regular yellow globe onion would is far ...

* What it is: One of the best, time-tested onions for the North with mild, sweet flavor and bulbs that can reach almost two pounds. It’s an heirloom variety that has light yellow flesh. * Size: ...

Planting onions is one of my favorite April vegetable garden projects. This year I am planting Walla Walla onions, our regionally famous sweet onion. In late August we will harvest the bulbs and enjoy ...

Harvested Walla Walla sweet onions are placed in 1,000-bound bins in this photo contributed by Michael J. Locati, president of the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Marketing Committee. WALLA WALLA, Wash. — ...