Drying Onions For Winter

These braided onions remind me of the Little House On the Prairie books I read as a child and re-read to my kids.  This year proved to be the best onion crop I have ever had as a gardener.  I planted more onion sets than usual.  The ground was ready for planting in early spring thanks to my creative son who wanted to design a new garden setting.  Other years I have waited until my husband can get out and till.   We have gone more toward Mel Bartholomew’s Square Foot Gardening method.   I had peppers planted in the same square as the onions.  The onions did great but the peppers did poorly.  We harvested the onions when the tops began to fall over (or a little later when I could get to it).  We laid them on cardboard to dry then transferred them to a cardboard box to dry in the sun and move indoors in the evening or if rain is threatening.  After a few days of shaking the box to turn the onions,  the dirty skins fall off.   Then I can braid the ones with a stem remaining.  I can’t hang these onions in my attic like the Ingalls’ did but I have a cool dry spot in the basement.   The kitchen is too damp and hot to store the onions for any length of time.

Where do you store your onions?