Onions are one of the easiest to store vegetables, as they require neither canning nor freezing to keep well and retain their flavor for several months.  If you garden and produced a large crop of onions, or if your supermarket has a fantastic sale on your favorite variety, storing the surplus will save both money and time, as you’ll have onions available for convenient use on demand.

If they are onions you yourself have harvested, you’ll need to lay the bulbs out in a warm, dry place to allow the moisture from several layers of the ‘skin’ to evaporate.  Don’t cut off the stalks, as they are handy for storage.  Once the onions have dried sufficiently, braid the onions successively so that the bulbs hang at intervals, not touching one another.  These onion braids can be hung to dry, and by carefully cutting each bulb off as needed, the braid will remain intact to hold the onions yet to be used.

Onions purchased from the supermarket or vegetable stand do not usually retain their stalks, so another method must be used.  Using old pantyhose as storage bags keeps the onions free of moisture. Slide an onion inside the leg of a pair of pantyhose, down to the toe.  Tie a knot above it, and insert the next onion.  Continue adding onions between knots.

Regardless of method, hang the onions in a cool, dry, dark place for storage.