I think it was nearly 2 years ago that Ray asked on another site if anyone wanted any green onions. He sent me 9 onions wrapped in a moist paper towel inside a ziploc bag. It was a week between the time he sent them and the time they arrived. I stuck them in the ground and in no time at all I was over run with green onions. I don't know if these are bunching or multipliers but I think of them as invaders! They are very good and extremely hardy. The only way to kill them is on purpose! Some of these will be available at the spring roundup this year.

LOL. Sorry Dan. I couldnt kill them in the compost pile so I thought maybe the best way to rid my yard of them would be to send them to Phoenix.

I found a new use for them. They really add a nice smell and taste to meatloaf. Along with a couple serrano peppers.

At one point I also stuffed a bunch of them into the cavity of a chicken I was roasting, along with some celery and lemon.

That was the best roast chicken EVER!

I actually really like these onions and use them in everything. I snip them when they are young, like in the picture, and use them like chives, put them in salads and garnish soups. Really a versatile onion!

I also have this old garden hose pot full of them too!

I love green onions!!

Ya want some, Jo? I've got lots, too, and they're busy multiplying!

Hope you don't mind if I provide the music...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

LOL!


(sorry, I'm not up with the wiggling emoticon bit...)

Thanks, Jill...but I don't have my beds ready for planting right now...Jo

You dont need beds to plant these onions Jo.
I've got them scattered in my flower beds and any nock and cranny I can find.
They are pretty tough.

Did I tell ya'll the story of my newest flower beds and how I aquired them? Well...since I'm on a roll, I'll tell you.

My son in law brought home 3 of these big rectangular concrete things...they fit together..underground...I asked him if I could have a couple....He said no, he was going to use them for something. They sat there 2 years.

One day I said to SIL...Ken, when you move 2 of those rectangular jhings over to my yard how are you going to move them...they are so heavy!!

"don't worry about that...I have a "clam shell"...some kind of machinery that moves heavy stuff....he FORGOT he told me I couldn't have them...so he MOVED them for me!!! LOL

Then I got DGS to fill them with dirt..now I have talked a neighbor into giving me some horse poop to put in them and I need to buy some peat moss to ammend (I learned that word on DG from you nice people) that clay soil...THEN I plant onions...sooon! Send me some...heck..why not...I do like them! Jo

Jo, these onions don't CARE about clay soil! Apparently they've been grown in these parts for ages--very well adapted to our peculiar climate.

I do love that story, though!

Susie, I had no idea that the name of that song was "Green Onions". Love it!

Dan, do you have a bunch you can share? The one you gave me before didn't make it, they were in a container that I forgot about and never got water. Fried green onions they became. I'll trade you a seed potato!

You betcha..

Great onions Dan!

Who knows about shallots? My neighbor just gave me 100+ "shallots" but they look like the green onions Dan is showing us. She said she never thinned them out so they didn't bulb up.
Tucsonjill - I'll share if you want. I can drop some off next time I am in Tucson drooling over MVG.

OK...I'm about ready for my ONIONS!

I will bring onions to the swap for anyone that wants some...LMK.

Could be shallots. Mine look like green onions bout now but they will bulb up later.