Knowing yer onions...
You might think there's not much to know about the common-or-garden onion. Don't be so sure. But (oddly in my view), they are a under-rated as an allotment crop, as some people think growing onions - cheap to buy and widely available - is a waste of time, money, and effort. I haven't done the sums on the economics, and suspect the many small costs of growing your own (too many to mention, let alone calculate) mount up pretty fast. But, we eat a LOT of onions, and I like the idea of generating our own supply of something we eat all the time. That said, I only grew a few this year, picking up just one net of red onion sets (baby bulbs) for £1.99 figuring it was a steal at that price, even though I hadn't specifically planned on planting any*. Something I didn't realise then was that they were an 'autumn' onion - yes yes, I failed to read the label - but I'm glad I did. Supposedly they should have been planted the previous autumn, to overwinter and then g...
