Get an old pair of stockings from your wife or a lady friend. Put an onion
in and push to the toe. Tie a knot above the onion and insert a second onion
etc. When the stocking is full, hang in a dry place. Cut off onions as you
use them. they will last a long time this way.
"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
...
>I bought some fresh onions today at the farmer's market. They were pulled
> from the ground yesterday. Complete with two foot long leaves. I trimmed
> down the leaves some and put them in the refrigerator. Now I wouldn't put
> non-fresh onions in the fridge, but of course I do store any left over
> peeled raw onion there. How should these be stored? I expect to finish
> them
> off in about 10 days.
>
> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

"William J Purcell" > wrote in message
...
> Get an old pair of stockings from your wife or a lady friend. Put an onion
> in and push to the toe. Tie a knot above the onion and insert a second
onion
> etc. When the stocking is full, hang in a dry place. Cut off onions as you
> use them. they will last a long time this way.
> "Don Wiss" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I bought some fresh onions today at the farmer's market. They were pulled
> > from the ground yesterday. Complete with two foot long leaves. I trimmed
> > down the leaves some and put them in the refrigerator. Now I wouldn't
put
> > non-fresh onions in the fridge, but of course I do store any left over
> > peeled raw onion there. How should these be stored? I expect to finish
> > them
> > off in about 10 days.
> >
> > Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>
>

I store onions with dried leaves hanging in bags.

I store onions with fresh green leaves in the fridge. Be sure to drain them
well before putting into the fridge. Last year I carefully rinsed a fresh
onion and several days later I realized the water had run down inside the
leaves and it was rotting from the inside. ;<

My Dad planted several 'sprouting' onions this spring. After a few weeks he
pulled some. They are giant, sweet, 'green' onions.

Deb
--
If I ran the world, we'd all face different challenges. ;>

"Don Wiss" wrote:
>
> I bought some fresh onions today at the farmer's market.
> How should these be stored?

http://www.onions-usa.org

Sheldon

First you have to cure them and second, you have to make sure you planted a
storing onion. Some will store almost 30 days and some will store over the
winter. Most "sweet" onions wont store for very long. The hot ones will
normally store longer.

To cure them, lay them out somewhere that they will not be in the sun, the
air can circulate around them (not stacked up), and 80 degrees F. Leave
them for 10 to 12 days before storing. I lay my spring crop on paper on the
garage floor, the fall crop goes in the basement on a shelf constructed by
building a frame and using door screen for the bottom. I made it big enough
for my onions and sweet potatoes.

Dwayne

"Deb" > wrote in message
t...
>
> "William J Purcell" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Get an old pair of stockings from your wife or a lady friend. Put an
>> onion
>> in and push to the toe. Tie a knot above the onion and insert a second
> onion
>> etc. When the stocking is full, hang in a dry place. Cut off onions as
>> you
>> use them. they will last a long time this way.
>> "Don Wiss" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >I bought some fresh onions today at the farmer's market. They were
>> >pulled
>> > from the ground yesterday. Complete with two foot long leaves. I
>> > trimmed
>> > down the leaves some and put them in the refrigerator. Now I wouldn't
> put
>> > non-fresh onions in the fridge, but of course I do store any left over
>> > peeled raw onion there. How should these be stored? I expect to finish
>> > them
>> > off in about 10 days.
>> >
>> > Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>>
>>
>
> I store onions with dried leaves hanging in bags.
>
> I store onions with fresh green leaves in the fridge. Be sure to drain
> them
> well before putting into the fridge. Last year I carefully rinsed a
> fresh
> onion and several days later I realized the water had run down inside the
> leaves and it was rotting from the inside. ;<
>
> My Dad planted several 'sprouting' onions this spring. After a few weeks
> he
> pulled some. They are giant, sweet, 'green' onions.
>
> Deb
> --
> If I ran the world, we'd all face different challenges. ;>
>
>