On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 12:17:35 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> > "sf" > wrote in message
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> >> On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 18:36:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> I can grow them here but I grew them from sets not seeds.
> >>
> >> I don't know anyone who grows onions from seed, it's always a "set"
> >> (baby onion).
> >>
> >>> I do see that the
> >>> seeds are available. The one year that I tried to grow them, we had
> >>> unseasonably high temps for a couple of days and that was enough for
> >>> them to
> >>> bolt and flower. They have beautiful flowers.
> >>
> >> I bet they are. Slightly off topic, one of my neighbors has artichoke
> >> plants (open to anyone who drives down the easement) that they ignore
> >> every year. I was sorely tempted to do a midnight raid (knowing they
> >> wouldn't notice), but I resisted the urge.
> >
> > Why not just ask if you can have some?
>
> I meant to add, if they do allow you to have some, you could give them a
> small gift to say thank you and I guarantee you will be allowed to have them
> every year hereafter

Last year I made a comment to the effect of "are you planning to dry
the flowers", to which the reply was "no, we'll harvest them next
weekend" - which didn't happen.

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