Homesteaders

[Loc20chick]

Hi Onion growers, How do you store your onions after the growing season?

 

[KlopKlop]

Hi Onion growers, How do you store your onions after the growing season?

I put mine in a burlap sack in the basement and that seems to work well

 

[rancher hicks]

Right now they're in a basket in the kitchen which is colder than the reset of the house. However I plan to try to grow onions this year. I've been asking DW how many pounds we go through each year.

I watched a Video, "Homestead Blessings, The art of gardening". It was okay but one thing I noted was the way they planted taters.

She just laid newspapers down then the taters and then a layer of straw/hay. She said to add another layer after the first has settled and the taters come up. Then she just pulled back the hay/straw and picked the taters. She also said you could use compost. She didn't say what kind of taters she used.

Who plants onions and what kind do you plant?

 

[Loc20chick]

@KlopKlop what type of onions do you plant? I have read that the mild ones like spanish,bermuda & vidalia don't store well but the Pungent ones can store for even 10months. I don't have a basement but my garage is detached and cold during winter.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

Storm shelter in the basement, I use those crates.
I also grow some throughout the winter, I need to buy another bunch. These are just green onions. I cut what i need and it regrows quickly, even with winter light (this is an East window)

 

[Chicken girl 15]

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[/COLOR][COLOR=333333]"I don't believe in Karma. It rains [/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]on the righteous and unrighteous. ,perhaps we can offer ideas ."[/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]This was supposed to be posted here but I screwed up with the tablet. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]Anyhow if you post some pics maybe we can offer some ideas to fix this problem.  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]Where in the line is it freezing. We used to rent and the hot water pipe ran up the outside of the house BUT inside an enclosed porch.  It would freeze there until I wrapped it with insulation and aluminum foil. It looked horrible but at least it didn't freeze. The heat tape offered no relief. [/COLOR]

it froze where it comes from the well to the house, well single wide from 1980. He built a surrounding for all exposed pipes out of 2 inch insulation board. Mad? Oh yes he was very. It all froze because our 14 year old left the hose hooked up and the water on. So first froze the hose and it just traveled from there.

Today's fun was tearing the roof and walls of a lean too garage. . Yupp, it was all froze together. That's finished though and tomorrow looks peaceful so far.

 

[KlopKlop]

@KlopKlop
 what type of onions do you plant? I have read that the mild ones like spanish,bermuda & vidalia don't store well but the Pungent ones can store for even 10months. I don't have a basement but my garage is detached and cold during winter. 

I grow whatever the local nursery carries for onion starts. Usually some kind of sweet yellow or white. We usually have them used up by November because they don't grow very big and we use lots of them for canning salsa.

We also have started buying onions from a local Amish auction house. They are huge and good. Store well in the basement as I noted above. I cover them with a blanket as well to keep the light out

 

[rancher hicks]

I grow whatever the local nursery carries for onion starts. Usually some kind of sweet yellow or white. We usually have them used up by November because they don't grow very big and we use lots of them for canning salsa.

We also have started buying onions from a local Amish auction house. They are huge and good. Store well in the basement as I noted above. I cover them with a blanket as well to keep the light out

My goal is to reduce what we buy by half if I can.

 

[rancher hicks]

it froze where it comes from the well to the house, well single wide from 1980. He built a surrounding for all exposed pipes out of 2 inch insulation board. Mad? Oh yes he was very. It all froze because our 14 year old left the hose hooked up and the water on. So first froze the hose and it just traveled from there.

Today's fun was tearing the roof and walls of a lean too garage. . Yupp, it was all froze together. That's finished though and tomorrow looks peaceful so far.

Sounds to me it's not buried deep enough. My mothers was buried deep in that it entered the well wall pretty low. It might be time to dig it up and set the pipe deeper.

On the other hand if you're renters I would do nothing but call the landlord. No matter how low or high the rent is.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

Sounds to me it's not buried deep enough.  My mothers was buried deep in that it entered the well wall pretty low.  It might be time to dig it up and set the pipe deeper. 

On the other hand if you're renters I would do nothing but call the landlord. No matter how low or high the rent is. 

nope not renters. We paid cash so we don't even have a mortgage company. That's why everything is breaking, it's a 36 year old mobile home that was neglected for the last 33 years. That's also why we were able to pay cash, all we were charged for was the land and the buildings were thrown in free.

Don't get me wrong, I love my busted broke ugly tri color house. Its mine and no one can have it. However it's broke which makes for lots of fixing.