Hard frosts are just around the corner. It's hard to believe with the hot sunny weather we've enjoyed all week, but I know all to well that this is the "calm before the storm". Soon, my breath will be a cloud of white as I crunch across frozen ground to feed the chickens. Soon... but not yet....
I had the kids pull our onions and bring them all up to the deck to cure in the sun for a few days. I'm told this helps them keep better. Is that so? I've never had enough onions to actually store any...
I plan to hang the onions in braids so I can just cut off a few as I need them. Have any of you done this? Do you have any tried and true tips for keeping onions?
Do share!
I love onions....next year I will plant more. I just used mine as they grew. I remember a neighbor who canned and dried garden produce and I just remember onions hanging in their cool cellar. I do remember something set in sand in barrels, but I can't remember what was in those! love,andrea p.s...this looks like a good website for that:
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