It always ends in tears, so I've stopped..............

[Lumpy]

Like many others spring onions are a nightmare and a complete waste of time.
No more winter staples for me as they take too long and need more room than we have. However, I have been using more and more oriental types. I know that many varieties don't like mid summer etc but the over winter ones are as tough as nails as far as the cold is concerned. Emporers Savoy and Chinese Cabbage (a dwarf variety) are my new best friends.

[lolie]

I've also given up on perfection. If some things don't grow, then that's OK. If my beds don't look like something out of a landscaping magazine, that's OK. If I don't have everything together to create the perfect soil, that's OK.

[Jimmy]

Carrots grew well but riddled with carrot fly.
Jimmy

[Penellype]

Carrots grew well but riddled with carrot fly.
Jimmy

Try a fine mesh netting or grow Nandor which grew without protection here and no fly damage. I have some fly damage to Sweet Candle even under nets so there are flies around.

[1Bee]

... imagining that I'm going to be able to dig over the beds and 'prepare' them for winter. The wet weather always closes in before the summer crops are finished, and the plot is just too waterlogged once the winter storms start. And you know what? it doesn't matter. Things still grow beautifully next season anyway. So you can take your winter digging and shovel it...

... trying to grow spring onions, even though we eat them (stir fries) nearly every week. Instead I grow baby leeks and call them spring onions...

[Jimmy]

Try a fine mesh netting or grow Nandor which grew without protection here and no fly damage. I have some fly damage to Sweet Candle even under nets so there are flies around.

Thanks Nandor sound good will try that next year.
I once grew them on top of an old dustbin filled with compost, that seemed to work OK
Jimmy

[jonny the plant pot]

Thought i was been tough as took out 3 old trees yesterday .today i feel like one of them as fallen on me so couple of days off now