Harlingen TX Onions

Onion Fields, Harlingen TX

We stayed 6 weeks until mid-April 2016 at the Encore Tropic Winds RV Resort 

in Harlingen TX. 

 We were surrounded by onion fields and were able to take advantage of the harvest.  Our neighbors asked if we got our onions so one day we went out and gleaned the fields and filled our bags.  There were so many onions left on the ground and everyone in the park got their share of onions after the harvest.  A few days later the onions were plowed under, ready for the next crop.

  

Onions ready to be picked up by trucks to be repackaged and sold to local stores.

Not yet harvested but they are huge! (We stole one.)

These are some of the onions we gleaned.

 

This field was harvested at the back of the park but we were prohibited from gleaning. They blocked off the road and once they picked up the bags of onion the fields were plowed.

Lost opportunity.

We hope to return to the area next year. 
We love the park, the people, the location.
  

We left Harlingen on April 17, 2016 and 
arrived in Rockport the same day.  

Til next year!