Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 22 JuneSlender onion shoots leaning out of a black fabric grow bag, a small paper label lying flat on the dark compost between them, mown grass filling the left of the frame.Week of 22 JuneBlack fabric grow bags on rough grass, each holding a few slim upright onion leaves in dark compost flecked with perlite, one with a small yellow label, weeds pushing up between them.Week of 6 JulyFour black fabric grow bags of onions on a paved area, their blue-green tops rising from dark compost flecked with perlite, brown cardboard sheeting laid between them.Week of 20 JulyOnion tops sprawling out of four black fabric grow bags set on cardboard over grass, a plastic label pushed into the compost and a squash leaf creeping in at one corner.Week of 24 AugustThree deep red-purple onions sitting proud of dark potting mix in a black fabric bag, their papery skins split and peeling, thick hollow leaves flopping over and dried to straw at the tips.
