Join Anne and Mary Jo as they talk all things onions. Easy to grow, fun to watch, a fantastic winter crop to grow in North Texas and a firm favorite in any school garden space.
Podcast outline:
02:01 - Why grow onions?
02:47 - What part of the onion do we eat?
03:38 - Onion Family
03:56 - Planting onions
04:44 - How do onions grow
05:53 - Where to buy onion slips and sets
06:38 - How to plant onions and connections to the classroom
08:16 - Book Connection - Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens 09:39 - Caring for your onions as they grow
10:25 - Watering
12:00 - Signs of growth
12:30 - Bolting, going to seed or putting up a flower
14:55 - Harvesting
19:00 - Funny story
21:25 - Kid question: Why do onions make you cry?
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