garden update | storing onions for long term

The most important factor to consider if you want to store garden fresh onions long-term is variety! Some varieties just store better than others. This year I grew two varieties of onion plants from Dixondale Farms - blush and Patterson.

Blush onions are a cross between yellow and red, popular in France. They store for 5-6 months so I will mostly use these first.

I also grew Pattersons, a yellow onion with 8-10 month storage potential, so I'm hoping I can stretch these until early next summer when I can start picking spring onions to use as I need them before next year's July harvest.

I grew about 300 onions for our family of 6. We will see if I need to adjust next year, if anything I will need more. I'll be using quite a few of these when I make salsa so any that didn't look good for storing, I just set to the side and will use over the next month or two in my salsa and sauce making.

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