Onions!

So this week will see week 4 of onion production (see spreadsheet).

This year we are growing 4 types of onions:
* Ramrod (spring onion/ scallion)
* Sturon (cooking onion)
* Paris silverskin (pickling onion)
* Generic white variety I gathered seed from last year (cooking onion)

Onion seed I collected from the one onion that bolted last year, shaped into an onion as this is the sort of thing I find amusing. It was dried in a paper bag in our airing cupboard and extremely inexpertly (and inefficiently) threshed whilst watching Harry Potter over Christmas, then stored in a wee paper bag in our seed box.

 Said seed was planted out 3 weeks ago, 6-7 seeds per module and covered with vermiculite. This is the chaps as of yesterday in our expensive carrier bag propagator on the south-facing windowsill in our flat.

A similar state of affairs for the Ramrod onions.













I am getting very confused with the different onion names as they are all (both) very masculine. Consequently I got the Ramrod and Sturon planting dates muddled and we may end up with more than we strictly need. I then figured this was not a problem for 2 reasons:

1. People love free plants, and we have lots of friends who grow their own veg. Too many onion plants = not a problem.

2. Excess food is probably not a problem for us anyway! Gluts = times for creativity (= not a problem)

I did some researching into how to use excess spring onions, and found this recipe which will be tried if such an event occurs. Kimchi has always fascinated me, and new and interesting food is always appreciated chez Roberts!