Autumn onions planted

​Monday 2nd October

Today I set out to plant my autumn onions I bought from InExcess. I cultivated the patch and dibbed holes along the row at about 8 inch spacing before pressing each set just below the surface. With light soil I hope it is not necessary to plant with the tip sowing for the birds to pull it out. It was not long before I had four rows planted, two rows of 'Electric' and two rows of 'Sanshyu'. I still had plenty of sets in the bag so saved 20 of each for my son's allotment and the rest were given to a neighbour for his plot.

​​​I then hoed the weeds off a patch where I had grown carrots and other roots, leaving a solitary Swiss Chard plant to harvest later and raking the top growth onto the path ready to add it to the compost.

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Another check of my green manure patch confirmed that there was no growth from the seed I had sown, so I will order more seed online. A kilogram of seed advertised on EBay costs about £9 and will cover at least three of my patches.


​I harvested a few raspberries and a good crop of blackberries before it came on to rain, making me to go home early again!

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