Not the biggest onions in the world, but they were planted pretty late. All the same though, these were the first things to be planted this year as soon as we had built the first bed and so it is quite a milestone. The are red and they are very strong
Posts Tagged ‘onions’
6 Sep
Tomatoes and Onions
We currently have a daily picking of small cherry tomatoes which has been the best we have ever had. All thanks goes to the bloke off freecycle who I got the plants from. They are strange tomatoes in that they don’t go a deep red but stay more a paler red/pink colour. That is no [...]
9 Aug
Broad Beans and Onions
I have never tried growing during the winter period, so thought now would be a good time while the squares were starting to clear out. As well as turnips, I bought some Japanese onion seed and some broad bean seed off Ebay. At the same time I bought the seed potatoes for the winter harvest. [...]
23 May
Onion Sets starting off
On time… the late planted onion sets are starting to show signs of sprouting. The weather has been really hot for the last couple of days and the more I look each time the more sprouting onions I see
15 May
Red Onions Planted 2010
A bit late for doing this, but I saw red onion sets for sale at Wilkinsons and so thought I would give it a go. I thought at this late stage there might be some money off, but alas not. Onions keep well and take a long time, so I have no worries about putting [...]
