But I didn't... this is just one onion.
I found it in the chicken coop months ago, it had produced some shoots just sitting there so I popped it into the ground in amongst everything else. I wasn't sure what to expect, I am remarkably devoid of onion experience.
Now that I come to think of it, I really have no idea how they grow. From a seed? Fairy dust?
I do know though that if you put them in the ground they seem to multiply... and the stems smell yummy too.
Has my onion turned into an eschallot?
5 comments:
Your Onion hasn't turned into a Shallot however you spell it ;-)
It looks like you might have tossed out a Red Salad Onion and by the magic of the Universe, it landed in your garden. The tops are deliciously edible and I grow old sprouting Onions just for that. They rarely go to seed in Brisbane so enjoy the greens - few things in life are free and Onion tops are one of those rare things.
Fairy Dust - delightful thought. If only. Onions, Chives, Shallots, Bunching Onions etc except for Garlic which is usually grown from the cloves - are grown from seeds which take forever to sprout.
Keep chopping the leaves until the plant expires, I'm interested to know how long this can go on for. I've a couple of brown Onions in the garden for their greens so we'll both find out :-)
I'm not an expert on onions -- I just grow them. :) Most of the time I don't know the name of what I bought at the Feed & Seed. But I thought it could be a multiplier onion:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2003-08-01/The-Other-Onions.aspx
Lol Elaine, I really mean an eschallot, not a shallot, I don't think they are the same thing. Eating the tops sounds like a great idea, never being short of a bit of onion for flavour sounds like my idea of heaven!
Eliza it does look like a multiplier onion, but surely my normal onion didn't just turn into one?
You know the bizzare thing, I don't eat red onions, I don't have a photo to help my memory, but I am sure this was just a normal white onion at the beginning... my memory is an unreliable thing however!
The onion is interesting but it is the gumboots I admire most!
Hazel, once again you have proven yourself of a woman of impeccable taste. Those gumboots are seriously fabulous.
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