Onion Harvest

It's time to pull the onions!  As you can see in the photo, the tops are dead and dry.  We want the space in the garden for a second crop planting of spinach, so out come the onions.


My method of drying and keeping the onions involves braiding them together.  It's kind of like making a French braid; every time you pull one of the 3 strands to the center, you add in another onion. 

These are yellow onions.  I grew some sweet onions last year, but they didn't keep well.  The yellow onions will last all winter as long as I don't let them freeze.  Right now the onion braids are hanging in the garage. Come December, I'll move them to the cellar so they don't freeze. When I need an onion I just cut one off the braid. Easy, peasy!