Onions / Spring onions are one of the easiest things to grow in the kitchen garden. Salad onions are the ones that grow the fastest and can be used very early. Zittauer onions quickly develop into large onions. Here we have both red, pink and yellow spring onions. Remember to use the tops of fresh onions for salads, onion sauce or as a fresh green sprinkle. Spring onions are one of the first things that can come into the kitchen garden. As soon as there is just a little spring in the air, you can plant onions. The combination of onions and carrots (every other row) discourages onion and carrot flies.
Shallots are a larger onion that grows into several connected bulbs. Shallots are harvested later than Zittauer onions. They are more delicate in taste. The best for meatballs and herring. Shallots and are really good for storing. Shallots are available in both yellow and pink.
