onion harvesting questions

[Jared77]

Can someone explain the braiding thing?

 

[so lucky]

It is supposed to be a good way to cure and store onions. I did that with my Candy onions, and hung them in the kitchen because it is cooler and drier in my house than outside. I waited till the greens were dry and brown. I "french braided" them, and included a length of twine with the braid, to give strength to it. I made a loop at the top for hanging. They look really pretty, and I impressed my visiting sister. It is said that the sweet onions don't keep as well as the hotter onions, so I will need to make other arrangements for the onions for long-term storage, if there any left.

 

[Sunsaver]

The braiding lets you easily hang them all up to dry, but the best part is that it DOES look cool, and it WILL impress your friends and family. It gives the kitchen or pantry room that old world, country cottage feel.

 

[Jared77]

So you braid the dried leaves together along with the twine instead of chopping off the leaves? Just want to be sure I got it right. That would look really cool

 

[journey11]

How convenient would that be to hang them in plain sight and not have to run to the basement everytime you needed one!

 

[Jared77]

So what do you cut them off at the braid so you don't lose the braid then? Forgive my ignorance on this I'm just trying to picture how this would work out since it sounds like a really good idea

 

[Sunsaver]

So you braid the dried leaves together along with the twine instead of chopping off the leaves? Just want to be sure I got it right. That would look really cool

That's the way the old timers like my grand father did it. I just love the way they look hanging in the kitchen. I also have antique kitchen gadgets hanging up on the kitchen walls.

 

[journey11]

Here's a pic and another . They do look pretty like that. You can just cut one off at a time. It shouldn't unravel. I don't expect you know how to french braid, but maybe your wife could help with that.

 

[Sunsaver]

Wow! Those look way better than mine, but i'm not going get married just for help with my braiding!

 

[digitS']

Sunsaver, I've braided onions, too. And, DW's braided onions look a lot better than mine . . . but, that's pretty much true with everything around here .

Nothing to braiding, Jared:

Left over the middle
Right over the middle

Do that twice, then bring in another onion.

Left over the middle
Right over the middle

Do that twice, then bring in another onion.

Keep moving the twine back so it stays in the middle.

I think I've got that right but I'm a frayed knot . . .

Steve