With spring upon us, it’s time to think about planting in home gardens. In Iowa, onions are a popular addition to the vegetable garden as they are easy to grow and take up little space. In this ...

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How is an onion like a tightwad’s wallet? He cries when either is opened. Speaking of onions, I grew up in a German household where potatoes, cabbage and onions were mealtime staples. No hotdish was ...

You might think it is still early to think about vegetable gardening. Of course the average last frost is still a ways off but many plants will tolerate some nighttime freezing and cool temperatures.

Onions are a fun and reliable crop to grow in the winter vegetable garden. Onions can be planted from seed, sets (tiny immature bulbs) or transplants. The method gardeners choose depends on the time ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Planting onions is probably on your to-do list in the late winter or early spring. Many folks start onion seeds in January or plant onion sets outdoors in the early spring. But ...

If you've never grown a thing before in your life, and are convinced you have a black thumb, begin by ceasing this negative self-talk. There's one thing that everyone uses in the kitchen: onions.

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Q: In the spring, I bought some nice onion sets and planted them in my garden. They made flower stalks, but they didn’t produce proper onions. What did I do wrong? To grow onions successfully in ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Although spring’s blooms might seem far off during early winter, that period is actually the best for ordering seeds. Q: I got ...

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March is the prime time for planting onions in the garden. The onion is a cool-season crop with a long growing season, about 180 days from seed to bulb. Starting an onion crop from either sets or ...