In support of an all-of-the-above food policy

Iwas very excited the other day when I received a package containing eight pairs of nylons.

Before anyone who has ever met me can raise an eyebrow, no I probably never will wear any of them. I'm more of a jeans-and-boots or sweats-and-running-shoes woman. But I have other plans for my package of Leggs.

A year ago, I had my first big onion crop in the garden. Bunches of big bulbed onions erupted from the soil. And I realized I had no idea what to do with the ones I couldn't use right away. After getting no clear-cut answers on onion preservation from the internet, I called my best resource, my Grandma Marguerite.

When I was a kid, Grandma always planted a big garden, and she preserved plenty of the goods that grew there. I remember helping snap green beans to can or picking crabapples fo