Gardens at Mathews

Onion ‘Yellow Onion (long-day)’

Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.

The photographs

Two black fabric grow bags of onions on a green wire cart, tall green tops rising from swelling pale bulbs, handwritten labels pushed into the dark compost, a seated figure at the frame's edge.
Week of 8 JuneTwo black fabric grow bags of onions on a green wire cart, tall green tops rising from swelling pale bulbs, handwritten labels pushed into the dark compost, a seated figure at the frame's edge.
Onions in a black fabric grow bag, their flat blue-green leaves fanning upward and pale brown bulbs swelling at the compost surface, on a white bench against a timber wall.
Week of 22 JuneOnions in a black fabric grow bag, their flat blue-green leaves fanning upward and pale brown bulbs swelling at the compost surface, on a white bench against a timber wall.
Onion tops arching in thick blue-green tubes out of black fabric grow bags around a big terracotta pot, dark soil flecked with perlite below and a wire fence and stone wall beyond.
Week of 6 JulyOnion tops arching in thick blue-green tubes out of black fabric grow bags around a big terracotta pot, dark soil flecked with perlite below and a wire fence and stone wall beyond.

What happened

Crop
Onion
Variety
Yellow Onion (long-day)
Sown
23 May 2026 (approximate)
Transplanted
14 June 2026
First harvest
27 July 2026
Number picked
7
Total picked
2.31 lb
Status
ended

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