Beginner Gardening: Chives?, 0 by Ozark

Ozark wrote:
"When you harvest don't cut off just the tops - harvest from the earth upwards and take as much as you want. They may go brown with the heat of summer but they will bounce back."
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OK, we haven't used any chives yet - but I'd like to.

I read on a website somewhere that chives shouldn't be cut until after they've bloomed. Mine haven't bloomed so I've held off, but I'm starting to think that advice is wrong. C'mon, we can start using these, right?

I think they've done fine. We're close to 100 degrees every day now, but I've kept the pot watered and I've occasionally added liquid fertilizer. A few of the older stalks are turning yellow, but they're mostly green.

I'm thinking of cutting these almost down to ground level, sorting them, and freezing the ones that are still green and fresh. That should give them time to come up again before winter, and I don't care if they bloom or not. What do you think?