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About Egyptian Walking Onion.com
We grow high quality Egyptian Walking Onions in several locations in Eastern Washington State. Our onions are non-GMO and organically grown. How it all got started: Back in 2005 or thereabouts, I was at the Moscow, Idaho farmer's market one morning and I was looking at some potted plants for sale from a local farm. One of the pots had 3 small onion plants growing in it. I looked to see what kind of onions they were, and written on the label was "Egyptian Walking Onions". WHAT! I had never heard of these before. Of course, I had to have them, just because of the name if nothing else! So I bought them and planted them in my garden. They grew and soon topsets formed at the top of the plants. So I planted the topsets and got more plants. I kept on planting the topsets and getting more and more plants. In a few years, I was Egyptian Walking Onion happy! I really fell in love with them. As with anything I am curious about, I studied them and researched them. I didn't really find a lot of information on the internet. So I created a website to share the information that I found and compliled over the years. This website is an ongoing evolving project. It's a place where I can share photos of my onions and also my own knowledge and experience I have had with these plants over the years. I am forever trying to find information about these plants. One time I contacted an onion gene bank back east to ask for any information they might have on this onion. Several days later they responded with a referral to my own website! I was hoping to trace them back to Egypt, but the history of this onion still remains a mystery. The woman behind the onions:
My name is Tracy and I LOVE Egyptian Walking Onions! I also love tigers, lions, leopards, cougars, jaguars, Pallas's cats, all big cats, all small cats, dogs, horses, cows, yaks, chickens, pigeons, Bluejays, birds, fish, trees, shrubs, all plants, bees, and the list goes on, and on. I was born and raised in Massachusetts until the age of 7, then moved to New Hampshire. When I turned 21 I set off to explore the country with my horse and dog. I rode through 23 states over 4 years and wound up settling in the state of Washington. I went to Grays Harbor Community College soon after my horse trip and then on to Washington State University. I got a BS in Zoology, but I wish I had studied horticulture. I went with zoology because I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian, but I never made the cut into vet school. I probably wouldn't have made a good vet anyway because I don't think I have it in me to euthanize an animal. Despite my backfired schooling plans, I still found a way to spend my life working in the company of plants and animals. As you already know, I grow Egyptian Walking Onions. But I also grow many other plants. I have developed an "edible arboretum" with many kinds of fruit trees, native trees, shrubs, and perennials. The arboretum contains just about every kind of cold hardy edible plant known. I planted about 90% of the trees, shrubs, and plants myself. The other 10% are natives and volunteers. Every plant is cataloged and has a permanent identification tag. After over 20 years of planting, my dream to walk around my own edible arboretum and forage for food is finally coming true! As for the winter, I have over 400 houseplants inside to melt away the cold days during hibernation.
I also make "Pet-Paws." They are solid bronze paws that I cast directly from an impression of a dog or cat paw. I learned how to pour bronze during my college days at WSU, and fell in love with the whole process. After graduating, I was bound and determined to have my own foundry. The first things I cast from my foundry were little bronze paws from my cats' and dogs' paw impressions. I loved them so much. I thought that if I loved them, so would other people. So I created the website: www.pet-paws.com where people could order them. Most of the Pet-Paws I make are for memorial purposes. People are grateful to be able to hold their pets' paw again and feel the paw pads. It has been a way for me to work with animals and also provide something comforting for people in their time of need. I provide a free service to our local Pullman Regional Hospital by casting the feet, for the parents to have, from all fetal demises. So that's what I do, I pat cats, I plant things, I cast things, and I know things!
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