tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885823206913763143.post2636261753001942869..comments2017-08-29T23:40:46.330-07:00Comments on Down by the Creek: Harvesting our Cipollini storage onionsFarming Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938675746905624146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885823206913763143.post-20816375668523476432012-08-31T09:36:14.980-07:002012-08-31T09:36:14.980-07:00That's a good point Mary. I think I'm most...That's a good point Mary. I think I'm most interested in being able to produce seeds on my own, which is possible with heirloom open pollinated varieties but not always with more modern varieties which are often hybrids. I'll just have to keep trying to weed through the 'hard to chew' ones to find the good old varieties :) or the newer ones that will still breed true :)Farming Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938675746905624146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885823206913763143.post-29184825907032299302012-08-29T13:54:18.143-07:002012-08-29T13:54:18.143-07:00Good harvest! I just read an article about heirloo...Good harvest! I just read an article about heirloom food plants that had the comment that the reason some of them are disappearing is that they weren't very good varieties. Maybe a point, as I recall some of my parents' and grandmother's varieties.<br />But they were tough, as in 'sturdy' as well as in 'hard to chew'.MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.com