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What to do with onion scraps?

 
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Worms won't eat them and chickens can't have them. But we love 'em! So what am I to do with my onion scraps? What do you do with your onion scraps?
 
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I throw mine in with my compost.  I throw them in with the chickens sometimes.  If they have enough to eat, they will leave what they don't like.
 
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I add the onion scraps to my stock pot when i am making stock
My goats will eat the papery outer part(skin) of the onion
Otherwise i put them in the compost as has already been stated.

When i bring the onions in from the harvest, there is usually a large amount (apple box) of skins which i give to the goats or i go and mulch our fig trees to provide them with more organic matter.
 
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My wife has used the skins to make a yellow dye as well. Kept them in freezer until she had enough for her project. I don't think she has tried purple/red skins yet though.
 
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