January hardly seems like a time to be gardening. Indeed, November and December are better for starting garlic, broad beans and onion sets. These crops benefit from a cold snap …Read More about New Year Gardening
Onions
Busy time of year
With summer almost over it is time to start organising the garden for next year. For gardens bothered by slugs and snails this year a good clean out is important …Read More about Busy time of year
Pickled chilli peppers and onions
Pickle in the summer, consume in the winter. In some Mediterranean cultures it is common to have a pickled chilli pepper with breakfast on a cold winter’s morning. It is …Read More about Pickled chilli peppers and onions
Harvesting garlic and onions
Not a bad result for a first year experiment growing garlic and onions in a small raised bed (5m x 1m). The raised bed is now full of tomatoes coming …Read More about Harvesting garlic and onions
Summer onions
The onions planted at the start of the year are now starting to look like onions. Onions are well suited to succession planting throughout the year and with the ground …Read More about Summer onions
Garlic and onions
It is not too late to plant onions this year. They are particularly suited to raised beds with good drainage. Here a variety of onions and shallots are planted against …Read More about Garlic and onions