Apr. 19 Column: How to Grow Onions

Since we’ve got so many new gardeners out there, I am continuing to write about how to grow all sorts of vegetable crops. This week’s column is about how to grow onions and you can find it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: How to grow onions.

Onions are quite easy to grow and can be started from seed, little bulbs called “sets,” or young plant starts. Since they are cool-season crops, this is the time of year to plant them in your garden.

In my column, you’ll learn which types of onions are ideal for your location, how to tell when they’ve finished growing, and how to prepare them for long-term storage. Boy, just writing about this is making make want to cook with onions! You’ll probably agree that nothing smells better than onions sizzling away in a skillet, right?

For this week’s “Everyone Can Grow a Garden” video, I talk about planting cool-season crops. After all, it’s the middle of April and the perfect time to plant crops like beets, spinach, Swiss chard, lettuce, fava beans, rutabagas, turnips, kohlrabi, carrots and parsnips.

If you’re wondering what fava beans look like, that’s what the photo is above. And the top photo is of fava bean flowers, since I mentioned them in the video — aren’t they just the coolest blooms you’ve ever seen?

I planted almost all of those in my garden on Thursday and what a treat that was! You can watch the goings-on in my video here: