The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



work room, toolliouse or bam is a very useful re- 

 minder and avoids an awkward delay while one 

 tries to think of something to do. 



If possible onions should be dug on a warm, 

 bright day and allowed to lie on the ground until 

 dry and clean; they should then be stored in a 

 dry, airy loft or on a scaffolding. On the hay 

 in a barn is a good place for onions and they can 

 be left there until freezing weather, for the shorter 

 time they are in a warm house the better they 

 will keep. If the temperature di'ops suddenly 

 a little hay can be thrown over them. Slight 

 freezing does not injure onions, but repeated 

 freezing and thawing does. An upstairs room 

 is better for storing than a cellar unless the latter 

 is unusually dry and not too warm. Onions will, 

 usually, keep in perfect condition until the middle 

 of February or the first of March, when they 

 will begin to grow and should be sorted out, and 

 the sound ones given a cool, dry place and sold 

 or used as quickly as possible and the remainder 

 saved for planting in the open ground. 



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