Onions

  • Grow your own: Onions & Shallots

    Grow your own: Onions & Shallots

    These crops both belong to the allium family, which also includes garlic, but whereas onions form one large bulb, shallots split to form several small bulbs and are generally milder and sweeter than onions.

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  • Video: Harvesting Autumn Planted Onions | Tony’s Plot Diaries

    Video: Harvesting Autumn Planted Onions | Tony’s Plot Diaries

    Tony has had mixed success with his autumn planted onions which he has now harvested. The brown ones, ‘Autumn Champion’, have largely done well, but a lot of his red onions, ‘Electric’ have bolted.

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  • How to sow

    How to sow

    Some vegetables are sown direct and then thinned out as they grow and are harvested where they were originally sown.

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  • Digging the easy way

    Digging the easy way

    We look at some simple ways to take the hard work out of soil cultivation. With the rise in no-dig gardening the annual winter dig has been going out of style lately, yet for many gardeners this task marks the…

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  • Video: How to Grow Onions in a Pot – Steve’s Plot Diary

    Video: How to Grow Onions in a Pot – Steve’s Plot Diary

    In Steve’s latest plot diary he takes you through how to plant and grow onions in a pot. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Grow your own veg fast

    Grow your own veg fast

    In these uncertain times lots of people are having the urge to start growing their own veg. Why not have a go at microgreen growing tasty nutritious veg in a matter of days. Microgreens are veg harvested while still only…

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  • Improve your mood, sow some food

    Improve your mood, sow some food

    It is difficult right now if you are confined to your home so why not start growing your own food. It’s a great stress-buster In these uncertain times a lot of people are having a strong desire to grow their…

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  • Video: Growing Onions

    Video: Growing Onions

    Emma and Tony examine the progress of the onions we’ve been growing this year and offer some advice on the process. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Video: How to Maintain Onions as They Grow

    Video: How to Maintain Onions as They Grow

    This month we’ve caught up on how the onions that we planted have been growing and give our best advice on how to ensure success. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Video: How to Get Started Growing Onions

    Video: How to Get Started Growing Onions

    Learn everything you need to know to start growing onions in this excellent beginners guide.  This video explains how to prepare the ground, sow the seeds and how to care for the onions as they grow. For more videos, visit…

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  • Aduki bean rissoles

    Aduki bean rissoles

    Gaby Bartai offers a delicious recipe for the perfect Aduki Bean Rissoles Aduki beans produce stubby, crunchy sprouts, perfect for adding nutty interest to vegetable rissoles. You’ll find complete sprouting instructions on pages 60 to 63 of the February 2018…

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  • A touch of glass…

    A touch of glass…

    Know your onions (and a host of other winter veg) with these top tips for growing during the winter months from The Greenhouse People Keep calm and carry on! As the temperature drops and nights start to draw in, many…

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