By learning how to store onions, you can fill the remaining months with your own home-grown produce. Now, you can't really extend the season any longer than that! The year-long production of onions is accomplis
What are the best onion varieties to plant? With so many types of onions available, it can be difficult to choose which one to grow! Here are a few of our favourites: Onion ‘Stuttgarter Giant’: produces firm, tasty, slightly flattened bulbs, good for storing. Onion ‘Red Baron’: a ...
Green onions, aka scallions or bunching onions, make a great flavor addition and garnish for just about any dish. Once you start growing your own at home, you’ll wonder why you ever bought the little bunches from the grocery store! They’re easy to grow and are a great option for ...
You can plant onions in the late summer or fall in mild to warm climate regions for a spring harvest. The long day onion cultivars perform better when grown in colder climates. Can I plant an onion from the grocery store? Grocery store onions may have been treated for better storage, ...
Red onions have a sweeter, milder flavor than yellow onions and are often used in salads and sandwiches. They can be grown from seed the same way as yellow onions, but need a longer growing season. Start indoors about 10 to 12 weeks before the last frost date in your area. White O...
How To: Pickled Red Onions: Super easy and extremely tasty. And much quicker than regular pickling! Great on any roasted or pulled meat, on sandwiches, in tacos, in bean salads, or just by themselves out of the fridge in the middle of the night. They'll
How easy is that? I use more yellow onions than anything else and buy them in bigger quantities; so I have more than one punched bag to hold them all. The bags can be reused again and again until they wear out.I store my bags in the same drawer in the kitchen as before. It's ...
Most red cabbage varieties have some resistance to cabbage root maggots. Floating row covers can be effective when set out at time of transplant. It is possible for overwintering pupae to emerge from beneath the cover. Make sure edges are sealed. ...
Close cousins to onions and garlic, deer are deterred by their scent.Allium caeruleum bulbs. Photo by: Max_555 / ShutterstockPLANTING ALLIUM BULBSWhen to plant: Plant in fall, a few weeks before the ground freezes.How to plant: Plant allium bulbs twice as deep as the bulb is tall, with...
Plant phlox in the spring after thethreat of frost has passed, or plant in the fall at least a month before your first frost. How to Plant Phlox It is easier to grow phlox from cuttings/transplants than from seeds, although established plants will readily spread by seed in the garden. ...