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on the plant for as long as you can, but taking care not to let them get damp or they'll rot. There's a bit of a skill to it as we discovered. If you pick them too early, they are still moist and stick to the pod. If you leave them too long they start turning

exclude all meat, fat and anything that has been cooked, as these will attract vermin. I also avoid citrus remains because they are slow to rot and very acidic, which reduces worm activity.Very few plants contain the right balance of nitrogen and carbon

.Every soil needs feeding with compost to boost its organic content, and mulching with well-rotted material does just that. Thick bark chips or "pretty" man-made materials like glass, tyres and broken up CDs (yuck â?? who, other would ever use these in a

the garden centre, ready to plant.Plant them 10cm apart (15cm if you want bigger onions) and keep them well watered in dry weather. Onions don't like growing in recently manured ground, but they do like fairly rich soil, so if you have any home-made compost

and shape of its flowers.The day before you intend to pollinate your plant, cut at least one fully open flower from the father plant, making sure it has 2.5cm (1in) of stem. Bring this flower into the house and float it in a shallow bowl of water overnight