This year I have been very fortunate to be given for Christmas 3 types of giant onion seeds. They are ‘Mammoth Improved’, ‘Ailsea’, and ‘Giant Exhibition’.

The Giant Exhibition really did not come to much last season although I got onions they were not very giant.

So today, the first day of the new year, I have sown these seeds and will hope for good things this year.

Picture of a trowel and packets of giant onion seeds in a wooden trug

Picture of a small hand hoe and trowel in a wooden trug

Picture of a string twine holder with a hook for a pair of scissors and a model bird on top

I was also very fortunate in getting a wooden trug. It was very pale, and the wood very dry so I have lathered it in linseed oil which will protect and also give it a little waterproofing.