Twiggy I hope you like onion soup, onion tart, onion casserole, onion quishe, onion salad, stuffed onions, pickled onions, caramelized onions, onion quesadillas, onion gravy, onion ragout, onion jam, pizza with onions, Boy I feel like the guy from Forest Gump, LOL. That is great though that you have so many, I am thinking next year I'll definetely should give them a try as well. Did you plant them all in pots?
Beets not doing so hot.
WE EAT ONIONS EVERY DAY.....!!!
LOL, just kidding, plus you can always freeze the onions as well, I do love onions too, but I really would like a more sweet onion, something that wont make me cry everytime I cut them.
I am purple with envy, check this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJTWeWXkwak. I wish he did a video on what he does to plant them.
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We eat onions all the time. I love them raw with my meal. Yummy!
Carminator1,
I can't open the link. Could you repost it? Thanks!
P.S.
Go on over to the Winter Sowing forum and see what I've been up to.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=7483635
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=7483643
I can hardly cook a meal without onions. All of these are rated for only 2 months of storage so I'll be running my dehydrator til it melts down. All I do is quarter them and slice in the food processor, spread on the racks and in 18 hours or so they're ready to go in jars or zip locks. I can't tell the difference between fresh and dried in cooked dishes and they're a great convenience I can highly recommend. I do this in the garage so it doesn't smell up the house for days.
I started off putting 4 in each 3 gallon pot. That was very slow going so most pots have 5 or 6. I left the center open for adding fertilizer. I had to keep my larger pots for the big indeterminate tomatoes. I grew onions like this last year and they were a great success.
The great freeze didn't phase my seedling onions except to heave some of them out of the soil. I just stuck them back down. I figured I wouldn't have much from those little guys since I got such a late start but some are as big as the smallest ones from Dixondale.
Carmin I loved that movie and you did Bubba Gump real well. Don't you wish we could grow shrimp in the yard? Now there's an idea I could jump on.
Linda your wintersowing is going just great. That cabbage you grew last year is going to be a tough act to follow. I'm not going to talk about what happened to my peas. I think you're finished with those "lids". I have everything that's germinated sitting outside and I expect to be planting lettuce, pak choi, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, napa, radishes and some herbs next week. They're all fast maturing stuff and I'm hoping they'll have time. The catalogs say they can stand warm weather and I'll find out.
ThanksTwiggy. Are you planting seeds for the brocs, cauli and cabbages or do you have seedlings from some hidden supplier? Asking because I sowed seeds last weekend for the same things. I'm praying the catalogs are right!
Now, please, ya'll pay attention to this:
Please view this thread regarding BREAKING NEWS about Dave's Garden.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1070930/
I've got a dozen good sized cabbage seedlings, 1 cauliflower, 4 broccoli ready to go in the dirt and some about a week old. I started sowing when the freeze hit. I hope to plant the big ones tomorrow and the new ones next week. I've found that a tiny plant can grow like crazy when it has space, sun and a little warmth. At least the cole crops can. I gave them all some Miracle Grow today because I don't have time to dawdle. I think we can do this if the weather cooperates like not too hot or too cold. What happened to normal?
Linda, don't you have a growing guide for your area?
Twiggy~That's a great idea to dehydrate the onions! Do you have to peel the layers apart when you dehydrate them or can you leave them in big chunks?
Linda let's see hopefully this time it will work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJTWeWXkwak. If not just go to you tube and type pickling beets- january 2010. this videos are from Webcajun and I like to subscribe to all his videos he's got quite a green thumb.
Twiggy it looks like you have been busy planting, I also planted many of the same things you did a couple of weeks ago so hopefully I'll be placing them outsidevery soon. The dehydrator idea is great, I will definetely have to buy one if this years harvest is good. I planted the tomatoes that you sent me, there is one I belive is the principe borguese that is best to dehydrate so I am planing to definetely do that. By the way which one do you recomend?
Linda great pictures I am going to have to look at that wintersowing and research some more to see what it is. I got some great books from the library one about soil and the other about planting in pots.
Oh, I almost forgot, I started some pots about 4 days ago, since it rains a lot here I wanted to make the mix very light and so it would drain well. I placed some lava rocks at the bottom of the pots to allow for better drainage and then mixed some black kow, peat moss and perlite and placed that in the containers, in one I planted strawberries and in the other some peas that you can plant in pots they dont climb, I really hope this does the trick, but we will see.