Onion is good for health

Now that we have harvested the onions, we are going to keep for a while. We will be consuming them as regularly as we can and the balance will be kept is an airy cool place. Onions can be kept for as long as 6 months and still fit for consumption.
Freshly harvested onions are juicy and tender. It is a precious commodity in India. When the price spike recently and beyond the means of the ordinary Indians, people demonstrated in the streets and called on the Indian government to bring down the price.
Onions are without a doubt good for health. Eating onions regularly can boost heart and digestive health. Onions also helps fight cancer and contain lots of antioxidants. There are many more health benefits which you may in the internet.

Giant onions in my backyard

Harvesting onions

What are we going to do with so much onions? We have given some away and still have the balance as shown above. We could store some for the winter months and eat some but still it is too much for a small family like ours. Perhaps sell them at the wet market?

Harvesting, curing and storing onions

Once the onion leaves flip over onto the ground and the neck is soft then it is time to harvest them. We tied them together in bunches of four and hang them to dry. After a few days, we will cut off the stems and stored them in a dry dark place for future use.

Onions & Brinjals

Growing onions

The onions should be ready to be harvested in about a month's time. We have planted them since last winter. Hopefully, they will reach the size of the onion above (we bought it). It's nothing like eating newly harvested onions or vegetables.

Eating our home grown onions

Finally, we managed to eat our home grown onions. The other long dark green stuff is a cucumber given to us by our neighbour. I don't fancy the cucumber and it tasted ordinary to me.The onions tasted sweet and refreshing. They are soft and tender too.