Onions

I'm quite chuffed with these this year; they got off to a shaky start but now they're doing really well and so far there's no sign of any white rot.

Onions

Onions drying

Onions

These have made a good size and I haven't lost many to the dreaded white rot this year. Not long now and they'll be ready for harvesting.

Onions 2

The onion sets are getting established now so I've taken off the netting and given them a hoe round:

Onion sets

I planted my onion sets in modules in an open coldframe about five weeks ago when the ground on the plot was still wet and cold. Now that they've developed a good root system and the ground has warmed up I've planted them out, firming and watering them into a prepared bed next to my early carrots. This time I also remembered to spread some organic fertiliser on the bed - blood, fish and bone at a handful to the square yard.

Onions

Carrots, onions and potatoes

Onions

Onions and carrots

Onions

These are the first crop to go in here, at the end of March. A month later they're growing away nicely.

Onions, helechrysum and scabious

Planting onion sets