Harvesting Big Onions | Zone 8a Vegetable Garden

We planted yellow, red, and sweet onions three ways — seeds, bulbs, and sets — and one method absolutely outperformed the others. In this video we walk through how we grew them in raised beds here in Zone 8a, what we did for watering and fertilizing, the full harvest, and exactly how we're curing and storing them for the long haul. If you're gardening in Zone 7b, 8a, or 8b, the timing and methods in this video should translate directly to your garden. 🧅 WHAT WE GREW - Yellow Storage Onions - Red Onions - Sweet Onions (Vidalia-type) 🌱 WHAT WE COVER - Onion sets vs. seeds vs. bulbs — which one wins for beginners - How to water and fertilize onions for big bulbs - When and how to harvest onions (signs they're ready) - How to cure onions after harvest - Best ways to store onions long-term at home If you're coming to gardening later in life — whether you're in your 50s, 60s, or just finally have the time and the yard to do it — this channel is for you. We're not experts. We're figuring it out as we go, and sharing everything honestly, including what didn't work. If you're new to growing onions or trying to figure out why yours aren't sizing up, this is a real honest look at what worked and what we'd do differently next time. 🌿 Rambling Gardeners is a learn-with-me garden channel out of North Carolina. We grow it, figure it out, and share what actually happens — not just the highlight reel. 🛠️ GARDEN SHOPPING LIST You can find all the parts, tools, and garden beds used in our videos right here: 🛒 Amazon Storefront: https://amzn.to/4aoyGog 🛒 Lowe’s Favorites: https://shoplowes.me/3Jp5cgN (As an Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL 👕 Merchandise & More: https://theramblinggardeners.com/shop ☕ Buy us a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theramblinggardeners ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 FOLLOW THE RAMBLING GARDENERS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theramblinggardeners/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/theramblinggardeners/ Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheGGLLC TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theramblinggardene 📬 Subscribe for weekly garden videos: 👍 Like and comment below — are you growing onions this year? What zone are you in and how did yours do? ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 – Intro & how to know when onions are ready to harvest 1:15 – Pulling red onions from the ground 2:00 – Seeds vs. bulbs vs. sets — which won for us 4:00 – Short day vs. long day onions (Zone 8a) 5:15 – Fertilizing & watering routine 6:30 – Checking the raised bed onions 8:00 – Pulling the big ones (raised bed vs. in-ground results) 9:15 – Curing your onions — what to look for 10:20 – Long-term storage options 11:00 – Outro #GardeningOver50 #Zone8a #GardeningForBeginners #GrowYourOwnFood #OnionHarvest #RaisedBedGardening #HomesteadGarden