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Alliums

Onions, garlic, leeks and shallots. Flavour rich crops that store well and play a central role in both home cooking and commercial farming.

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Garlic Leaves: A Guide to Finding and Using Them

Garlic leaves taste like garlic but gentler, yet they rarely reach shops despite millions of bulbs being grown here. You’ll see where to find them, how to use them, and why they matter beyond flavour.

From Seed to Harvest: How to Grow Welsh Onions All Year-Round

These cold-tolerant perennials produce hollow, flavourful leaves year-round without replanting, making them one of the easiest alliums for a British garden.

From Sets to Storage: How to Grow Shallots

Shallot sets are easier to grow than onions and take up less space. This covers choosing healthy sets, planting depth, and storing your harvest through winter without losses.

Boost Your Onions – Onion Companion Plants

Onion fly is the bane of many growers’ existence, and whilst nothing provides complete protection, strategic companion planting can significantly reduce infestations.

How to Grow Elephant Garlic: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Most people don’t realise that elephant garlic isn’t actually garlic at all but a type of leek, which explains the milder flavour and those absolutely massive cloves.

Timing Makes All the Difference when Companion Planting for Onions

Companion planting strategies from warmer climates often fail in our cooler, damper conditions, so you need combinations adapted to Britain’s shorter season and specific pest challenges.

How to Grow Onions: Your Complete Onion Growing Guide

Home-grown varieties taste sweeter and store longer than commercial ones, especially when you choose cultivars suited to our variable weather and avoid the common mistakes that ruin crops.

Timing Your Planting: When To Plant Garlic

Getting your garlic in the ground at exactly the right moment makes the difference between a thriving crop and complete failure, and the answer isn’t just ‘autumn’.

How to Grow Leeks in the UK

They’ll sit through frost and snow without complaint, actually improving in flavour after a cold snap, making them one of the most reliable winter vegetables for British gardens.

A Guide on How to Grow Spring Onions

Sow small batches every few weeks, tuck them between other crops, and harvest at any size you fancy. You’ll have mild, tender onions nearly year-round without needing much space or sunshine.

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