Posts tagged onions
Winter Storage Vegetables 101
Winter Storage Vegetables 101

Here at the River Road Farm, our final weeks of fieldwork are full of digging. Potatoes and carrots, parsnips and celeriac. These hearty crops are the last to be harvested and the final addition to the pantry as we prepare for a long winter.

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Recipes, Neighborhood Farms, Veggie Subscriptions/CSAAlexandra Brownwinter prep, winter storage, annual fall veggie sale, fall vegetables, winter vegetables, carrots, curing, onions, winter squash, how to, river road farm, harvesting, fall gardening, fall crops, fall recipes, fall foodComment
The Journey of the Onion
The Journey of the Onion

It is fall, a time when our farmers and many of our gardeners are clipping their onions from where they’ve been hanging (barns, basements, garages, closets. . .with fans blowing their skins dry) for a month or so. Brook Arteiniega, who worked with us this summer, tells the story of this anti-fungal, storage-friendly, object of worship.

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Stories, Veggie Subscriptions/CSAGenevievemusings, onions, sweet onions, green onion, spring onion, scallion, storage vegetables, winter storage, winter veggies, seedsComment
Onion Guide
Onion Guide

While an onion seems like a simple vegetable, the world of selecting, growing, storing, and cooking onions is surprisingly vast. This blog will help guide you as you navigate growing or buying local onions and help you build your own onion self-sufficiency!

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GardeningEmily Kernonions, onion, onion planting, mini onion, shallots, cipollini, yellow onion, red onion, scallions, spring onions, gardening tips, garden planning, winter storage, storage vegetables, harvesting, how to harvest, leek, sweet onions, crop varieties, cold season crops, growing, cooking tips, annual vegetablesComment