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and are in the process ofgetting some manure and soil delivered. Fingers crossed. Thanks for all of your swift responses guys. The raised bed would be sited on concrete and we were hoping to grow onion crops as illustrated in the mag - leeks, onions, garlic, shallots

I love this weather, it's just the right mix of fresh, dewy mornings and cracking sunny afternoons. The plants seem to enjoy it too, as long as they get watered regularly.On the plot, everything is coming along nicely - the onions and shallots have

't always have successes planing onions and shallots. Those i put in the ground in March seem to be doing fine. Keeping an eye and will report back on progress. Hopefully planting my onions and new potatoes this weekend or early next week. Raining today so

beans and courgettes, which produce inedible, gargantuan produce at the earliest opportunity.I must grow more vegetables that are suitable for storing. Potatoes, butternut squashes, onions and shallots are great storers. They're no trouble to grow

beautifully that anyone who saw them passed comment. It's a lovely variety to grow and the fruits did look fantastic, but I can't tell you what they taste like!My third 'failure' is less severe. This year my onions are decidedly patchy performers. I've got a

have been a bit chilly, but you won't find me complaining — or my lovely little seedlings that are starting to grow.Everything on the plot is pretty rosy I must say. All the onions and shallots I planted are sprouting away happily. And only a few

Read Lila Das Gupta's blog on growing garlicHarvesting garlicGrowing onions and garlicPlanting shallots in a containerPlanting out leeksBrowse vegetable varietiesView a selection of herbs

Hello After successfuuly growing tatties last year at first attempt, I am hooked on growing veg and fully expect all attempts from here on in to be just as successful.  After reading countless guides, blogs and articles, I planned the following

After watching Friday's Gardeners World I took Monty's advice and harvested my garlic as the leaves were looking rather bedragled & limp and well as the title says my garlic looks more like shallots. It's my first attempt at growing garlic

in Carrickfergus N. Ireland so our weather is much similar to yours so it should be a bit warmer, WE HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  i,ve never had much luck with spring onions either! i just grow shallots and pull em young. I was beginning to think it was just