in Denmark we always grow onions and carots in the same bed, they support each other in a great natural pest control. onion bugs don’t like carot bugs and carot odeur - and vice versa.
Onion prices in the philippines have been rising very quickly these past few months. My mom likes gardening and I've been trying to convince her to try farming onions. This video might be very helpful in just that. I'll this to her later.
Onion price is going up worldwide. For years, good people scare me from planting onions. They also said onions are so cheap why waste time to plant. I wonder what they think about the price now in Australia with recession inflation post convid plandemix
@@kellysoo Pretty much once Biden in America and the EU started blocking oil drilling, that caused a global fertilizer shortage (because fertilizer is a waste product from drilling) which of course leads to food shortages. Many countries now have to deal with Russia to get fertilizer and Russia of course is playing favorites since they don't exactly want to feed countries that are fighting them.
I am just getting into your video's - this may be my 4th. one watched. I live in the U.S. here is North Carolina, but regardless of that, you give such thoughtful and detailed advice when it comes to each plant, taking the guess work out of it. Not only do you make it all seem so much easier, but truly fun and enjoyable. I Love to garden. I also LOVE finding others like you that don't make it look and sound so clinical and exact. I appreciate you! Thank you so much! God bless!
I totally agree with you about not being so technical!!! I’m from west central Georgia, USA. I grew up on a farm ( youngest of 6 ) but didn’t get to learn alot of techniques. My area of expertise was in weeding and picking beans. My dad passed away in 1992 so I’m learning gardening from alot of trial and error. Your videos are so informative and fun. And mostly “quick “, bc as you know, if you’re gardening, you don’t have alot of extra time, so getting straight to the point is extremely helpful. If i do have extra time, it’s always spent doing laundry, cleaning, cooking, etc..,😂 Thank you again for such a bright spot in my day 🤗👍🏻❤️
Thanks for the info! Quick tip for those looking at "no-till" methods in raised bed such as these. Get yourself a nice fat PVC tube, drill lots of holes 3-5mm in diameter (more below the soil line than above) stick it in the ground as far as you can and fill it with composting worms such as red-wrigglers. Then just feed them your kitchen and garden scraps. Does a fantastic job at keeping the soil fertile with minimal effort.
I don’t always grow whatever it is your episodes are about, but regardless I watch your videos because just a quick analogy you’re like the Morgan Freeman of the garden so you’re really easy to listen to and plus your information is really good to
I just wanted to say that I love your videos. Gardening can be very intimidating, but you are so funny AND knowledgeable it just makes learning it with you a breeze. Keep it up man you are doing great work! Don't change your style!
I really appreciate how easy you were to understand with slow speaking clearly and not over explaining things just simple this is what works! Going to try this for my garden this year 😍
I cut the bottom off of onions and plant them. I regularly add ash to my onion farms. (I use plastic kiddie pools for planters.) This is my first year. Thanks for all the great videos. You’re my gardening professor.
I bought some rolls of galvanized flashing at Home Depot . Figure out how deep you want them then I used tin snips and cut the roll in half to make two round circles line up the two ends of one half and don’t try to hold them together with bare hands us vice grips once you’ve ligned up the two over lapping ends hold it together with vice grips drill first hole through both ends and install a pop rivet then proceed to other end then the middle , about 6 rivets should do it . There’s no bottom . If you use them for potatoes all you have to is lift it up and there’s your taters oila
My great great uncle Alfred breed and was actually the founder of kelsae onions in the 1940's and his son continued cultivating in the 1970's, noy long the royalties were sold to a local garden centre but unfortunately a good majority of the seeds were destroyed in a fire at the garden centre, we are trying to get the royalties back to keep the variety in the family,its amazing to see how far they have gone I never thought they would venture to places like Australia, we are still cultivating them and trying to save the variety hopefully we can 🤞
Searched for the longest time for this vid. I knew I saw someone planting right into the garden from seed. Thank you. Trying my hand at that in some fabric buckets this year. Zone 6b so I'm starting them 4/1.
I've been looking for someone to tell me just this! I have a smaller space that I want to plant LOTS of onions in, then use them as they grow. I'm not a fiddly gardener, so measuring everything was turning me off the whole process. Thank you for the great instructions!
I store my onions in pantyhose and tie each one off like a sausage link, all you do is trim the tops off and they slide right in then I hang them in a dark closet and they last for months. I just cut off a link when I am ready to use one.
I like that a lot "You don't have to be self sufficient in everything. Just be self sufficient in something....." I am now sitting here making a list of every fruit and veg we like to eat and regularly buy as a family. Then I plan to work out roughly what we spend on them over the year and will pick something as a focus crop to hopefully save us a good amount of £££ in the future
Inspiring! I've grown onions in a heavy clay soil with varying success. Love onions and envious of your growing climate, albeit each climate and soil type works well for different veggies. I'm in Scotland and I can tell you haggis, neeps and tatties is a popular dish because sheep, turnips and potatoes thrive here ;-)
Must be southern Mediterranean. They do that. Makes nice kitchen or other sunroom decoration and keeps insects away because they hate smell of garlic or onions, peppers and also basil, which keeps flies away. So do African daisies. And marigolds will repel mosquitoes.
Just want to say that I turn to your channel for gardening tips. We really enjoy your videos as many people do. My wife and i are switching to Galvanized raised garden beds at our acreage next spring here in British Columbia Canada (Okanagan area) due to watching your channel. Most of all we want to try the Egyptian walking onions for next year. Keep up the great work you do! Best wishes to you and your family.
I planted Egyptian Walking Onions this month. Love your approach to gardening and growing food. The books aren't always the final word on everything, especially your own experience and common sense. I love your videos.~~Zone 8, Texas, USA
Yeah the books are a guide as they say and also each yard is different (even in the same area) due to local influences and microclimates etc. Thanks mate and all the best! :)
Mark, I've recently watched many of your videos. You are assertive, informative, & down right entertaining. Thanks for sharing your ability & vast knowledge! God bless!
Thanks, Mark! I've been growing onions for a few years now. I started with a bunch of grocery store bought 'green onions'. I've always made note of the root ends that most people generally just cut off and throw away... but one day, just before I tossed a handful of those roots in the garbage, I hesitated. I was thinking, hmmm, I wonder if they'll just 'regrow', like grass, if I just stick these little, one-inch root bottoms into a pot of dirt? So, I did! I've literally not had to purchase grocery store green onions since! I merely snip off the greens as needed, and they simply pop back up, as lawn grass does! It's been so nice to have FRESH green onions in my cooking. I'm currently experimenting with the rooted bottoms of yellow and red onions as well, to see if they can regrow into full onion plants again. I'll have to keep you posted on any success in that area! :D
Hello Mister Green Thumbs! Thank You Very Much For Your 5 TIPS! Definitely you can grow tons of onions for years to come ! And Do not forget to cook onion soup! Onion Rings! Vinegar with Onion plus salt, sugar, olive oil, black pepper to be used in Tomatoe Sauce with Sardines and Garlic Bread! I will try to grow onion this year! I used to grow onions and ended up with rotten ones! due to the soil seemed to be too wet and unfitted for orion to grow!. Kind Regards and God Bless. TT
Self sufficiency is great! It empowers you to tell the offensive politically correct NWO system to just go fuck itself! You don't need it wrecking your life, stripping your freedom, independence and sense of human freedom and respect.
Thanks mate, the wife handed me an onion that's sprouted in our kitchen 😂 my reply to her was do your research! I have 0 experience with onions. Your channel I have checked more times then I can count over the past few years. I want some of those raised garden beds (I refuse to build raised garden beds due to various reasons). So that onion is staying in the kitchen. We have a large variety of seeds to plant soon. The onions can wait awhile! Will be headed to Bunnings or other super store to have a chat with them about raised garden beds (naturally to save our backs). Thanks again, the wife can watch this video!
I grow Egyptian Walking Onions here in eastern Canada, and they live through the winters very well. The tall-stemmed flowers develop into many little bulbs which I gather and store in the root cellar. In winter I set them under a grow light in trays of compost, and they produce onion greens which can be harvested again and again.
I have never bothered growing onions because they are so cheap2buy..But this year I planted many.Im sooo excited!!my kids may like onions more after helping plant them..😀
I just have a small, north-facing garden in the UK. I'm trying to become self-sufficient in leafy greens (lettuce, spinach and rocket - the ones I eat most), onions, garlic and chilli (possibly ginger too). The amount of plastic I get through with leafy greens is ridiculous - it's hard to buy loose - and they're so much better fresh. Onions and garlic go in probably 75% of the meals I cook, and I use chilli a couple of times a week. My chilli is doing really well on my windowsill and the garlic doesn't have a problem out in my grow bed. I've got a basic hydroponic system with lettuce, which I'm planning on expanding, but so far, so good. I reckon I can probably manage onion too. Amazing how much you can produce even in a small space!
Mark - I am missioning in Sao Paulo Brazil and will, God willing, will be back in NZ next year, and looking for a place be with God in a wild place. Your videos are an inspiration for me. I plan to grow my own own security! Bless you.
I dont know whar to say. Im just all jaw dropped and super amazed of your method and how productive it is. I live on an island thats very humid and want to give onion planting a try. Thank you sir. 🤙👍👍👏🤩
Outstanding information as usual. I'm growing onions for the first time this year, I tried last year but not one sprouted. Dodgy seeds I'd say. This year the whole packet came up!!! I'm looking forward to harvesting onions as they are something we use a lot of in cooking. This video was VERY helpful.
Love the simplicity and low input cost of direct sowing and not worrying too much about high density, thinning by consuming as you go, instead of "How big are my onions this yr".
In Texas-some parts of which are like where you live-a university has developed a variety of onions that's called the 1015, because the seeds are meant to be planted around October 15, just as you suggested, in the last month of consistent growing temperatures.
I live in Minnesota, USA, which has a VERY different climate. I subscribed anyway, though because I like your camera personality so much. I imagine I'll be able to use what you teach and alter it to fit my climate, regardless. Thanks for your help!
Exactly! That's why I'm here in the comment section because I'm wondering "what about the climate where I live?" How can I grow during the brutal coldness of winter?
Thank you for subscribing to my channel and understanding the value of consuming content about gardening from climate zones other than your own. I personally learn a lot from gardeners all over the world in different climates to mine because the fundamentals of food growing don't change wherever you are - timing is the only real difference and perhaps knowledge of what plants can withstand extremes for those who live in very hot or cold areas. Apart from that, thousands of growing tips and tricks (many yet to be discovered by us gardeners) can be applied no matter where one resides so seeking knowledge from as many places as possible makes good sense. All the best :)
@@misschameazy6399 It depends on a few things: firstly how cold your winter gets and what you like to eat. In other words, nothing will grow in the snow unless you artificially change the environment like have a hothouse or grow room with lights indoors etc and even then you may only be able to grow cold hardy greens. But if you hate greens like kale, for example, and wanted to grow tomatoes or heat-loving cucumbers in winter then to do this successfully is very challenging and impossible without some specialised equipment. That's why most people grow their fruit and veg seasonally usually through the warmest time of year - these timings do change depending on where you live but what doesn't change no matter where you live (and this is the biggest point) are the fundamentals of growing good food crops at home - many tips and tricks expanding on the fundamentals can be gleaned from anyone with experience in growing food (like myself) to help you improve your growing success. So whilst it might be handy to find what others in the same area as you are growing at a particular time, and even how they're doing it, don't discount what you might learn from others not from your exact climate or timezone. Cheers :)
I accidentally bought short day onions but they still grew through winter spring and were (at best) tennis ball sized but mature and tasted good. They were jaune paille des vertus heirloom. Perfect for French onion soup. I got some Shirley Hammond multiplier onions and they went from 20 to 50 in one season... not too bad.
That’s so interesting. That just proved Mark’s point. I always get worried if I don’t follow the “rule” written on the seed packet. Sometimes, I also plant without reading as I find the more I read the packet the more confused I become.
I like my onions served sliced and lightly sauteed with a few drops of Maggie seasoning and a dash of seasonal, served on top of a good medium rare steak. Sausage is good also, but if i eat sauteed onions with my sausage then i also need to include green peppers. Man I'm hungry.
I love the green tops. Only need to dry them for long term storage. Just pull them out when they are still standing and green and make a lovely potato and onion soup,or anything else. mmm
G'day Mark! Love Aussie brown onions. I grew them as a test for new variety this past growing season, I live in Mid Atlantic area of USA, we had record rains, none of my regular stand bys did great..but the Aussies did fantastic! Love the ease of growing in small space, the hardiness, and of course flavor. They are my new favorite onion! God bless. 🍅🥑🌶🍓🍍
Linda Hipple just curious, where did you find Aussie brown onions? I’m in NC, would love to try them too. And did you use seeds or sets? Thanks so much
@@1Melody1963 seeds work well for me. Started indoors 4wks before last frost. Planted in containers with good container mix. We had record rains regularly. Never needed to water except when 1st transplanted. They looked crowed..no worries, great green bunching fresh onions then they make great reg onions too. Garden on! 👍😀
Linda Hipple Thank you for the info. I will definitely give them a try. We had plenty of rain here too. But it’s much better than drought. Happy Thanksgiving!
Could I suggest throwing a few quick cooking videos into your channel? So much amazing produce, I'd like to know some of your favorite ways to use it all! Thanks for the great content.
Typically, cooking vids are not that popular on my channel but I agree I could incorporate some footage within videos showing quick cook-ups using the produce. Thanks for the suggestion! Cheers :)
Your two old dryers could become raised beds, themselves. Keep in mind that though the dryer/washer drums are nice to use, you'll lose moisture through the sides, because of all the little holes.
The bending over is to keep the seed head from forming if you are running late on your harvest. Whwn the plant forms seeds, it uses energy from the bulb which makes your onion spongy
Good tip. Thanks. Was wondering why mine grew nicely then bolted to seed and went all spongy. Got heaps of seeds but no onions. Can't eat the seeds...Don't taste as good as the bulbs I never got.. Now I know why.
Yes, it's true, bending over the stalks isn't necessary for harvesting and eating right away, but it is necessary, as you say, to prevent them from going to seed and draining the energy from the bulb. Also, bending over the stalk, forces it to dry out which makes long-term storage possible. Otherwise, the stalks remain moist and keep growing a bit after harvest, making winter storage unsuccessful.
@@chachadodds5860 thank you for that last bit. Id noticed the problem and just cut the stems off during drying them, so thanks for letting me know. this can give me a head start!!
@@anon2131 yes and sometimes if the green tops get bent over prematurely it can prevent bulbs from forming. I check the tops now and then, removi some if they are slacked over or will cut the top back an inch or two of its still early in the season. If it's later I'll just be sure to leave 1 or 2 unbent greens per plant. Seems to allow the bulb to form nicely.
Fertile free-draining soil Use fertilizer sparingly sow generous amount of seed Keep soil moist until sprouted. Sow at appropriate time for your region Plant at the right time with the correct onion for your climate. Crowd them in together pretty close and harvest and eat as needed. Can eat after a few weeks of growing. Can harvest when tops bend over. Lead some for self reseeding.
Thank you. I live in northern Cali and I’ve gotten totally addicted to regrowing onions! Ive been sticking every single onion bottom from cooking into a section of my garden and have had lots of success and fun getting them to regrow. I’m ready to try seeds now and go big! Onions, garlic and potatoes are the most rewarding veggies to grow in the back yard! 💜🥰
My Dad grew onions 2 years in a row. He said for 2 years he had no skin on his knees. He tried everything to protect them and came up with the final solution of growing potatoes.
@Horatio KJV Bible okay? I'll admit I thought you was talking to the OP. But I have several questions. Firstly, I can see which way you lean by your wordplay of 'demoncratic', why do you do this? Secondly, you're essentially saying that all the republicans are leaving more liberal leaning states for Freedom? Why would Freedom only be achievable in these _"Republican Christian states"?_ Thirdly, why bring up Christianity into it in the first place if you're not a Christian? You have Bible in your username. Lastly, how can you be sure that someone is going to want to move to a whole different city just because of your comment? What if they don't want to live in a republican state because it clashes with their own political views?
@@drsamuelbeckett2998 Hi Dr. Beckett! The first year didn't do so well as I didn't have the proper draining. I believe that's the key. This year we are going to be using more mulch and chicken and horse manure. I am very excited to try this. We used to have at least 50 pounds of tomatoes at least 3 times a season but Last year didn't do well at all, so I believe the soil doesn't work enough nutrients, so I am saving all scraps for compost. Looking forward to this season!!
We have 4 round beds of corrugated steel like yours, just a bit smaller. IF the snow ever stops here (south-central Colorado) I will be planting onions and taters the very next day!! We are out of so much from last year... Great tips, many thanks, God Bless!
I lived in the Imperial Valley in south Cal. One of my favorite smells in 66years was driving past flowering fields of onion that were a good square mile.
Hiya, great vid. I love growing onions, do it every year, about 300 or more for a years supply. I live in the mountains in Victoria and I grow my onions according to Peter Cundalls advice. In your vid you offered advice about when to grow onions in a cool climate like mine. I would like to add my experience as I didn't quite agree with yours, sorry. I sow my brown onion seed after the shortest day, june 23rd or 22nd. then plant out seedlings when they are big enough to handle and they should mature in early Summer. It has to do with the days getting longer. they don't go to seed either. at least not their first summer but keep them around for a second and they will. cheers
I am European ethnicity but Australian. We lived on the land traditionally and were completely self sufficient and potatoes were a winter survival mainstay for long cold winters. In Europe it was OK where they came from because it was cold and potatoes did not go prematurely green and start to shoot (they are toxic to eat if they go green or start to sprout shots but you can plant these ones to avoid food waste). Dad used to make a mound of potatoes and cover it with old hessian bags, tarpaulins etc to keep the sun light and heat out in Australia, which will trigger the plant's new life cycle by turning it green, ready to sprout shoots. He would then cover the mound with the remains of old spent plants he had finished harvesting from eg tomatoes plants, bean or. broad bean or pea dried bushes etc or even plain straw, hay etc. To protect the potatoes from hot Aussie sun.These would eventually end up recycled yet again after spuds were all gone and used to create mulch or enrich the soil. You need to do this because potatoes take a lot out of the soil and also carry certain parasites. To counteract this problem, he practised the ancient European 3 crops rotation system, to avoid sowing same crop in the same soil year in year out, which depletes the soil and enables pests and parasites to thrive and multiply so you end up doing so much hard work but with no food to feed your family on. Just basic common sense, really...
@@iamf6641 Out in the bush where I came from in Australia, the practice was to wait u til the onion tops had dried out and shrivelled up before harvesting. Others pulled them as they began to bend over, to make way for a new different crop. And they simply left them hanging on fences or, would you believe it, the old Hills Hoist Clothes line, to dry. Just pegged up, like you would your family's washing to fry. Girls, just be sure to separate the onions and garlic etc when you bring in the dry laundry in the laundry basket, ready to iron. The onions and garlic don't need ironing..... They are "easy care" items....
in Denmark we always grow onions and carots in the same bed, they support each other in a great natural pest control. onion bugs don’t like carot bugs and carot odeur - and vice versa.
Great tip, I'll have to try that!
@@GKW25308 Yes do! I always plant onions or wild garlic around my raspberries, it keeps animals and pests at bay
Away To Anywhere Thank you for this tip
funlovincop thank you very much, your going to make me look like a genius. After I get my reward I let my Wife know it was your Idea.😉
I’ve got a carrot plot on their own, stunted.
One carrot from same stock in with the onions, growing incredibly well
the onion/testicle shot at 5.00 - priceless!
I appreciate your videos so much! No bullshit glamour shots or unnecessary musical montages or pontificating- just straight up USEFUL information.
Lamyka L.
And humor!
Bro he had like a 2 minute music montage of him just picking onions
i saw a glamour shot! HEEHEE much respect
He blasted dumb music while picking his onions and has pointless cringe worthy slow mo shots..you don’t have to lie to make friends 😂
You probably won’t see this because it’s an older video. But I am 10 seconds in and I love your personality and energy. Immediately subscribing.
I love onions and I love your channel
I LOVE the "crowing them in" tip, especially because I have very limited space. Love your channel. Thank you!
Onion prices in the philippines have been rising very quickly these past few months. My mom likes gardening and I've been trying to convince her to try farming onions. This video might be very helpful in just that. I'll this to her later.
Indonesian Onion farm th-cam.com/video/d1oWEBQt6OY/w-d-xo.html
And? Any updates?
Onion price is going up worldwide. For years, good people scare me from planting onions. They also said onions are so cheap why waste time to plant. I wonder what they think about the price now in Australia with recession inflation post convid plandemix
@@kellysoo Pretty much once Biden in America and the EU started blocking oil drilling, that caused a global fertilizer shortage (because fertilizer is a waste product from drilling) which of course leads to food shortages. Many countries now have to deal with Russia to get fertilizer and Russia of course is playing favorites since they don't exactly want to feed countries that are fighting them.
Do it I’ve started my snow peas and every 2 days ived picked at least a take away container a a week it’s worth it
I am just getting into your video's - this may be my 4th. one watched. I live in the U.S. here is North Carolina, but regardless of that, you give such thoughtful and detailed advice when it comes to each plant, taking the guess work out of it. Not only do you make it all seem so much easier, but truly fun and enjoyable. I Love to garden. I also LOVE finding others like you that don't make it look and sound so clinical and exact. I appreciate you! Thank you so much! God bless!
I love his videos too. We live in NE Tennessee
I totally agree with you about not being so technical!!! I’m from west central Georgia, USA. I grew up on a farm ( youngest of 6 ) but didn’t get to learn alot of techniques. My area of expertise was in weeding and picking beans. My dad passed away in 1992 so I’m learning gardening from alot of trial and error. Your videos are so informative and fun. And mostly “quick “, bc as you know, if you’re gardening, you don’t have alot of extra time, so getting straight to the point is extremely helpful. If i do have extra time, it’s always spent doing laundry, cleaning, cooking, etc..,😂 Thank you again for such a bright spot in my day 🤗👍🏻❤️
North Carolina here too
Alabama here. 😊. This is one of my favorite TH-cam channels.
Mississippi Gulf Coast here. I love his videos! And I agree that he gets straight to the point. Great teacher!!
Thanks for the info! Quick tip for those looking at "no-till" methods in raised bed such as these. Get yourself a nice fat PVC tube, drill lots of holes 3-5mm in diameter (more below the soil line than above) stick it in the ground as far as you can and fill it with composting worms such as red-wrigglers. Then just feed them your kitchen and garden scraps. Does a fantastic job at keeping the soil fertile with minimal effort.
Hmm
I don’t always grow whatever it is your episodes are about, but regardless I watch your videos because just a quick analogy you’re like the Morgan Freeman of the garden so you’re really easy to listen to and plus your information is really good to
I just wanted to say that I love your videos. Gardening can be very intimidating, but you are so funny AND knowledgeable it just makes learning it with you a breeze. Keep it up man you are doing great work! Don't change your style!
I really appreciate how easy you were to understand with slow speaking clearly and not over explaining things just simple this is what works! Going to try this for my garden this year 😍
I cut the bottom off of onions and plant them. I regularly add ash to my onion farms. (I use plastic kiddie pools for planters.) This is my first year. Thanks for all the great videos. You’re my gardening professor.
Good Idea using the plastic swimming pools. I have one in the garage and Will use it now.
What kind of ash?
Wood ash or bat guano is good, happy growing :)
I bought some rolls of galvanized flashing at Home Depot . Figure out how deep you want them then I used tin snips and cut the roll in half to make two round circles line up the two ends of one half and don’t try to hold them together with bare hands us vice grips once you’ve ligned up the two over lapping ends hold it together with vice grips drill first hole through both ends and install a pop rivet then proceed to other end then the middle , about 6 rivets should do it . There’s no bottom . If you use them for potatoes all you have to is lift it up and there’s your taters oila
My great great uncle Alfred breed and was actually the founder of kelsae onions in the 1940's and his son continued cultivating in the 1970's, noy long the royalties were sold to a local garden centre but unfortunately a good majority of the seeds were destroyed in a fire at the garden centre, we are trying to get the royalties back to keep the variety in the family,its amazing to see how far they have gone I never thought they would venture to places like Australia, we are still cultivating them and trying to save the variety hopefully we can 🤞
Searched for the longest time for this vid. I knew I saw someone planting right into the garden from seed. Thank you. Trying my hand at that in some fabric buckets this year. Zone 6b so I'm starting them 4/1.
I've been looking for someone to tell me just this! I have a smaller space that I want to plant LOTS of onions in, then use them as they grow. I'm not a fiddly gardener, so measuring everything was turning me off the whole process. Thank you for the great instructions!
I store my onions in pantyhose and tie each one off like a sausage link, all you do is trim the tops off and they slide right in then I hang them in a dark closet and they last for months. I just cut off a link when I am ready to use one.
Really like your content. You explain things very clearly and put a lot of thought into how you make your episodes.
I like that a lot "You don't have to be self sufficient in everything. Just be self sufficient in something....." I am now sitting here making a list of every fruit and veg we like to eat and regularly buy as a family. Then I plan to work out roughly what we spend on them over the year and will pick something as a focus crop to hopefully save us a good amount of £££ in the future
Hey mate. I can't stop watching your videos. I admire your passion and skill. Best of luck.
Inspiring! I've grown onions in a heavy clay soil with varying success. Love onions and envious of your growing climate, albeit each climate and soil type works well for different veggies. I'm in Scotland and I can tell you haggis, neeps and tatties is a popular dish because sheep, turnips and potatoes thrive here ;-)
What is that Dish?
@@PatriotMilitaryMom neeps and tatties is turnips and potatoes. 🤤
Turneeps, potaties
thanks awesome garden and great music from a fellow southern hemisphere dweller
in my village we tie them using the dried stems like a braid, then hang them to dry, the same can also be done with garlic, and peppers even
Must be southern Mediterranean. They do that. Makes nice kitchen or other sunroom decoration and keeps insects away because they hate smell of garlic or onions, peppers and also basil, which keeps flies away. So do African daisies. And marigolds will repel mosquitoes.
@@anon2131 Excactly
You dry peppers? Do you cut the stalk long, plait them and just leave them with plenty of air circulation?
@@justsomebloke6784 yes, same as with onions and garlic bulbs
@@JoaniMaster Wow, thanks, good to know as I've sown a lot of peppers and I'm well into preserving for the winter.
Just want to say that I turn to your channel for gardening tips. We really enjoy your videos as many people do. My wife and i are switching to Galvanized raised garden beds at our acreage next spring here in British Columbia Canada (Okanagan area) due to watching your channel. Most of all we want to try the Egyptian walking onions for next year. Keep up the great work you do! Best wishes to you and your family.
I planted Egyptian Walking Onions this month. Love your approach to gardening and growing food. The books aren't always the final word on everything, especially your own experience and common sense. I love your videos.~~Zone 8, Texas, USA
Yeah the books are a guide as they say and also each yard is different (even in the same area) due to local influences and microclimates etc. Thanks mate and all the best! :)
Thanks to your videos I've been binging...i think this year I will be successful :) thank you so much
I never dreamed as a child I would say this but I LOVE ONIONS!!! Thanks for the info & confidence booster.
Onions under the sausage, definitely totally agree Mark 👍🇦🇺🇬🇧
Mark, I've recently watched many of your videos. You are assertive, informative, & down right entertaining. Thanks for sharing your ability & vast knowledge! God bless!
Your explanation is so clear and logic It's really helpful Thanks a lot👍👍👍
Thanks, Mark! I've been growing onions for a few years now. I started with a bunch of grocery store bought 'green onions'. I've always made note of the root ends that most people generally just cut off and throw away... but one day, just before I tossed a handful of those roots in the garbage, I hesitated. I was thinking, hmmm, I wonder if they'll just 'regrow', like grass, if I just stick these little, one-inch root bottoms into a pot of dirt? So, I did! I've literally not had to purchase grocery store green onions since! I merely snip off the greens as needed, and they simply pop back up, as lawn grass does! It's been so nice to have FRESH green onions in my cooking.
I'm currently experimenting with the rooted bottoms of yellow and red onions as well, to see if they can regrow into full onion plants again. I'll have to keep you posted on any success in that area! :D
I also have done this!😆
How did you get on?
@@catherinesyme901 Potatoes seem to do really well! As do carrots!
Found this for you :)
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Hello Mister Green Thumbs!
Thank You Very Much For Your 5 TIPS!
Definitely you can grow tons of onions for years to come ! And Do not forget to cook onion soup! Onion Rings! Vinegar with Onion plus salt, sugar, olive oil, black pepper to be used in Tomatoe Sauce with Sardines and Garlic Bread!
I will try to grow onion this year! I used to grow onions and ended up with rotten ones! due to the soil seemed to be too wet and unfitted for orion to grow!.
Kind Regards and God Bless.
TT
I’m delighted to hear you’re in the subtropics. You are the first warm weather gardener I’ve found. Thanks!
Austin Texas
I live in the mid-atlantic and summer are nothing but humid. Im going to do my best to get a good harvest!!
"You do get have to be self sufficient in everything. Just be self sufficient in something..."
Brilliant!
Self sufficiency is great! It empowers you to tell the offensive politically correct NWO system to just go fuck itself! You don't need it wrecking your life, stripping your freedom, independence and sense of human freedom and respect.
Butchered!
Exactly its good you have mentioned it
My favorite videos are your Top tips for growing____. I learn a lot, view several times. take notes. Thanks bunches!
5:01 You've got a powerful and healthy pair swinging below your belt there, my guy!
Was just gonna comment the same thing!
Had to be on purpose lol
@@coderc5753 I like to think so!
Balls of steel
Those two will make you cry for sure...
Thanks mate, the wife handed me an onion that's sprouted in our kitchen 😂 my reply to her was do your research!
I have 0 experience with onions.
Your channel I have checked more times then I can count over the past few years.
I want some of those raised garden beds (I refuse to build raised garden beds due to various reasons).
So that onion is staying in the kitchen.
We have a large variety of seeds to plant soon.
The onions can wait awhile!
Will be headed to Bunnings or other super store to have a chat with them about raised garden beds (naturally to save our backs).
Thanks again, the wife can watch this video!
The Steve Irwin of onions. Love it
Just finished building and filling up my raised garden. Thanks for all the great tips. 🤙🏼from California.
First time watcher... sure to be a long time listener 😉 love your humour. Great recipe for learning. Thank you
I grow Egyptian Walking Onions here in eastern Canada, and they live through the winters very well. The tall-stemmed flowers develop into many little bulbs which I gather and store in the root cellar. In winter I set them under a grow light in trays of compost, and they produce onion greens which can be harvested again and again.
Didn't they just walk away?
@@terrykennedy7422 they come home to roost
Lol😂
I have never bothered growing onions because they are so cheap2buy..But this year I planted many.Im sooo excited!!my kids may like onions more after helping plant them..😀
Thanks Mark. As a novice this is so helpful. Clear instructions. Looking to learn more. Thank you.
I just have a small, north-facing garden in the UK. I'm trying to become self-sufficient in leafy greens (lettuce, spinach and rocket - the ones I eat most), onions, garlic and chilli (possibly ginger too). The amount of plastic I get through with leafy greens is ridiculous - it's hard to buy loose - and they're so much better fresh. Onions and garlic go in probably 75% of the meals I cook, and I use chilli a couple of times a week. My chilli is doing really well on my windowsill and the garlic doesn't have a problem out in my grow bed. I've got a basic hydroponic system with lettuce, which I'm planning on expanding, but so far, so good. I reckon I can probably manage onion too. Amazing how much you can produce even in a small space!
Mark - I am missioning in Sao Paulo Brazil and will, God willing, will be back in NZ next year, and looking for a place be with God in a wild place. Your videos are an inspiration for me. I plan to grow my own own security! Bless you.
You should be able to grow lots of produce in NZ that's for sure! All the best :)
I dont know whar to say. Im just all jaw dropped and super amazed of your method and how productive it is. I live on an island thats very humid and want to give onion planting a try. Thank you sir. 🤙👍👍👏🤩
Outstanding information as usual. I'm growing onions for the first time this year, I tried last year but not one sprouted. Dodgy seeds I'd say. This year the whole packet came up!!! I'm looking forward to harvesting onions as they are something we use a lot of in cooking. This video was VERY helpful.
@@Bigguy_33 can u send to Ireland will pay
Love the simplicity and low input cost of direct sowing and not worrying too much about high density, thinning by consuming as you go, instead of "How big are my onions this yr".
In Texas-some parts of which are like where you live-a university has developed a variety of onions that's called the 1015, because the seeds are meant to be planted around October 15, just as you suggested, in the last month of consistent growing temperatures.
I always thought it was because of the Farm rd 1015 here in the Valley...I learned something new today!😂
Thank you I just start my little backyard garden and am so green to it but am going to keep going .
I live in Minnesota, USA, which has a VERY different climate. I subscribed anyway, though because I like your camera personality so much. I imagine I'll be able to use what you teach and alter it to fit my climate, regardless. Thanks for your help!
fitting the climate may be important for survival
Exactly! That's why I'm here in the comment section because I'm wondering "what about the climate where I live?" How can I grow during the brutal coldness of winter?
Thank you for subscribing to my channel and understanding the value of consuming content about gardening from climate zones other than your own. I personally learn a lot from gardeners all over the world in different climates to mine because the fundamentals of food growing don't change wherever you are - timing is the only real difference and perhaps knowledge of what plants can withstand extremes for those who live in very hot or cold areas. Apart from that, thousands of growing tips and tricks (many yet to be discovered by us gardeners) can be applied no matter where one resides so seeking knowledge from as many places as possible makes good sense. All the best :)
@@misschameazy6399 It depends on a few things: firstly how cold your winter gets and what you like to eat. In other words, nothing will grow in the snow unless you artificially change the environment like have a hothouse or grow room with lights indoors etc and even then you may only be able to grow cold hardy greens. But if you hate greens like kale, for example, and wanted to grow tomatoes or heat-loving cucumbers in winter then to do this successfully is very challenging and impossible without some specialised equipment. That's why most people grow their fruit and veg seasonally usually through the warmest time of year - these timings do change depending on where you live but what doesn't change no matter where you live (and this is the biggest point) are the fundamentals of growing good food crops at home - many tips and tricks expanding on the fundamentals can be gleaned from anyone with experience in growing food (like myself) to help you improve your growing success. So whilst it might be handy to find what others in the same area as you are growing at a particular time, and even how they're doing it, don't discount what you might learn from others not from your exact climate or timezone. Cheers :)
Here in Minnesota you need long day varieties. Also, starting them indoors 12 weeks before planting them out is a must for sizable bulbs.
@5:00 - I almost fell off my chair :)))) Thank you, sir ♥ :)
Agree!🤣🤣🤣
I accidentally bought short day onions but they still grew through winter spring and were (at best) tennis ball sized but mature and tasted good. They were jaune paille des vertus heirloom. Perfect for French onion soup.
I got some Shirley Hammond multiplier onions and they went from 20 to 50 in one season... not too bad.
That’s so interesting. That just proved Mark’s point. I always get worried if I don’t follow the “rule” written on the seed packet. Sometimes, I also plant without reading as I find the more I read the packet the more confused I become.
This is absolutely awesome
From Northern Virginia, USA - we love your videos!
So much good information and just in time for our early spring.
Thank you!
Bless your soul, love your traditional cinematic character
I like my onions served sliced and lightly sauteed with a few drops of Maggie seasoning and a dash of seasonal, served on top of a good medium rare steak. Sausage is good also, but if i eat sauteed onions with my sausage then i also need to include green peppers. Man I'm hungry.
I love the green tops. Only need to dry them for long term storage. Just pull them out when they are still standing and green and make a lovely potato and onion soup,or anything else. mmm
Putting the condiments under the Hot Dog/ sausage. 😍😍😍 where have y’been all my life?!
Wow. Thanks for making this video. I am a young grower and had little knowledge of growing onions.
G'day Mark! Love Aussie brown onions. I grew them as a test for new variety this past growing season, I live in Mid Atlantic area of USA, we had record rains, none of my regular stand bys did great..but the Aussies did fantastic! Love the ease of growing in small space, the hardiness, and of course flavor. They are my new favorite onion! God bless. 🍅🥑🌶🍓🍍
Linda Hipple just curious, where did you find Aussie brown onions? I’m in NC, would love to try them too. And did you use seeds or sets? Thanks so much
@@1Melody1963 Rare Seeds.Com or Baker Creek .Com
@@1Melody1963 seeds work well for me. Started indoors 4wks before last frost. Planted in containers with good container mix. We had record rains regularly. Never needed to water except when 1st transplanted. They looked crowed..no worries, great green bunching fresh onions then they make great reg onions too. Garden on! 👍😀
Linda Hipple Thank you for the info. I will definitely give them a try. We had plenty of rain here too. But it’s much better than drought. Happy Thanksgiving!
G'day Linda, yes I agree these browns are easy to grow and taste excellent - certainly my favourite onion also! Cheers :)
Plastic pools are the best for me to plant any veggies this year.I thank you for sharing these tips for onions
Could I suggest throwing a few quick cooking videos into your channel? So much amazing produce, I'd like to know some of your favorite ways to use it all! Thanks for the great content.
Typically, cooking vids are not that popular on my channel but I agree I could incorporate some footage within videos showing quick cook-ups using the produce. Thanks for the suggestion! Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme if you do cooking do two seperate channels as people might only come for one or the other, which is why cooking isn't popular.
@@Selfsufficientme yay. .that's good. But make two channels
Thanks Mark for this video just ordered 60 of the Patterson variety... they are good for storing long time
I have 2 old dryers to recycle I am going to removing the drums and use them as raised beds! We have an old washer drum used for storing wood.
Your two old dryers could become raised beds, themselves. Keep in mind that though the dryer/washer drums are nice to use, you'll lose moisture through the sides, because of all the little holes.
Awesome idea!!!
Old washer drums would be great for growing container potatoes!
Wow! What a great tips. Thank you so much. I wish to learn more from your videos. God bless
The bending over is to keep the seed head from forming if you are running late on your harvest. Whwn the plant forms seeds, it uses energy from the bulb which makes your onion spongy
Good tip. Thanks. Was wondering why mine grew nicely then bolted to seed and went all spongy. Got heaps of seeds but no onions. Can't eat the seeds...Don't taste as good as the bulbs I never got..
Now I know why.
Yes, it's true, bending over the stalks isn't necessary for harvesting and eating right away, but it is necessary, as you say, to prevent them from going to seed and draining the energy from the bulb. Also, bending over the stalk, forces it to dry out which makes long-term storage possible. Otherwise, the stalks remain moist and keep growing a bit after harvest, making winter storage unsuccessful.
@@chachadodds5860 thank you for that last bit. Id noticed the problem and just cut the stems off during drying them, so thanks for letting me know. this can give me a head start!!
@@anon2131 yes and sometimes if the green tops get bent over prematurely it can prevent bulbs from forming. I check the tops now and then, removi some if they are slacked over or will cut the top back an inch or two of its still early in the season. If it's later I'll just be sure to leave 1 or 2 unbent greens per plant. Seems to allow the bulb to form nicely.
Literally U sow U reap...by d sweat of thy brow thou shalt own ur bread..congrats 2 ur garden of Eden😍
Fertile free-draining soil
Use fertilizer sparingly sow generous amount of seed
Keep soil moist until sprouted.
Sow at appropriate time for your region
Plant at the right time with the correct onion for your climate.
Crowd them in together pretty close and harvest and eat as needed. Can eat after a few weeks of growing.
Can harvest when tops bend over.
Lead some for self reseeding.
Tk thanx
Thank you. I live in northern Cali and I’ve gotten totally addicted to regrowing onions! Ive been sticking every single onion bottom from cooking into a section of my garden and have had lots of success and fun getting them to regrow. I’m ready to try seeds now and go big! Onions, garlic and potatoes are the most rewarding veggies to grow in the back yard! 💜🥰
Perfect timing, I’m about to plant onions and shallots here in Florida. Thanks Mark!
I grow onions really similar to you.....I crowd them in too.
I also grow garlic chives and chives to eat fresh or soups/salads.
Great tips!
I have been growing onions in my backyard for two years and just didn’t know when to harvest. Thank you for the useful information.
Yep! Great video as always. I Love to cook with onions... A lot of Onions!
Red double ball onion pic didn’t go unnoticed bro
@Steven Hughes amazing how you prove Cindy correct so effortlessly.
Yeah. Only ladies may insult!
@@cindys.w.8566 It's amazing how easily men rush to prove you right isn't it Cindy? They're not only pigs they're dumb too.
@Steven Hughes WTF?
Wow good post.. shitty comments
I love all of your videos, thx so much for sharing! 👍♥️🇺🇲
My Dad grew onions 2 years in a row. He said for 2 years he had no skin on his knees. He tried everything to protect them and came up with the final solution of growing potatoes.
lol
I love your humor.
absolutely love your energy. totally dedicated my whole backyard to thrive off of food we grow all thanks to your videos.
what an onion haul!! French onion soup here you come man!
My family and I eat SO MANY onions! One day, when we can have a yard, I will grow onions
Wao young Lady you should try to have an onion company
I want a house with yard too. Bu buying a tiny house in NYC is crazy expensive, let alone the one that has yard :(
@@kuratortrivia795 You can always plant onions n vegetables in your balcony..search in TH-cam
@Horatio KJV Bible not everyone is American or Christian for that matter
@Horatio KJV Bible okay? I'll admit I thought you was talking to the OP. But I have several questions.
Firstly, I can see which way you lean by your wordplay of 'demoncratic', why do you do this?
Secondly, you're essentially saying that all the republicans are leaving more liberal leaning states for Freedom? Why would Freedom only be achievable in these _"Republican Christian states"?_
Thirdly, why bring up Christianity into it in the first place if you're not a Christian? You have Bible in your username.
Lastly, how can you be sure that someone is going to want to move to a whole different city just because of your comment? What if they don't want to live in a republican state because it clashes with their own political views?
i've always grown onions from sets. never from seeds. you make it look so easy
good stuff mate ,can u show us how u store produce ?
Your Garden Area is beautiful.
I love these “tips to grow a ton of...” videos. More please, sir!
I never cared for gardening but now I want to grow onions 🌰 so well done
Love this method!! I have become obsessed with planter gardening this year. Love your channel. 💜
How did they grow? Did you get a decent harvest? I've got a planter set up and I'm just interested?
@@drsamuelbeckett2998 Hi Dr. Beckett!
The first year didn't do so well as I didn't have the proper draining.
I believe that's the key.
This year we are going to be using more mulch and chicken and horse manure.
I am very excited to try this.
We used to have at least 50 pounds of tomatoes at least 3 times a season but Last year didn't do well at all, so I believe the soil doesn't work enough nutrients, so I am saving all scraps for compost. Looking forward to this season!!
We have 4 round beds of corrugated steel like yours, just a bit smaller. IF the snow ever stops here (south-central Colorado) I will be planting onions and taters the very next day!! We are out of so much from last year... Great tips, many thanks, God Bless!
WTF does God has to do with this. WTF something not existing rowls over the lips of every American? Poor poor poor.
I need to learn how you made that garden bed it's perfect for me, can't wait to learn how to garden this year.
Lovely
He already did that video girl
I just can't imagine cooking without onions... They go well in almost any possible dish.
Hmmm tomato and onion sandwiches with salt and pepper. ...prickled onions..fried onions. ..so many choices
Floor onions.......(ok, so that's been done to death!)
@@becsterbrisbane6275 are they like little cocktail onions ?
Prickled onions are delicious!!
Andrew, those big fresh onions would make great onion rings, with a homemade beer batter ! ! ! Yum
I love your Garden!!! Compliment! Like from Germany!
WOW, I have a kiddy pool that I'm going to try all this in! Good info. Sharing!
I lived in the Imperial Valley in south Cal.
One of my favorite smells in 66years was driving past flowering fields of onion that were a good square mile.
Hiya, great vid.
I love growing onions, do it every year, about 300 or more for a years supply.
I live in the mountains in Victoria and I grow my onions according to Peter Cundalls advice. In your vid you offered advice about when to grow onions in a cool climate like mine. I would like to add my experience as I didn't quite agree with yours, sorry.
I sow my brown onion seed after the shortest day, june 23rd or 22nd. then plant out seedlings when they are big enough to handle and they should mature in early Summer.
It has to do with the days getting longer. they don't go to seed either. at least not their first summer but keep them around for a second and they will.
cheers
Yo i like your style bro youre the man
What a spectacular garden.
Drying rack? I would like to see how you prepare onions and potatoes for storage and how you store them for future use.
Yes, please!
clean em up dry them and put them in a clean storage room at the right tempp
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I am European ethnicity but Australian. We lived on the land traditionally and were completely self sufficient and potatoes were a winter survival mainstay for long cold winters. In Europe it was OK where they came from because it was cold and potatoes did not go prematurely green and start to shoot (they are toxic to eat if they go green or start to sprout shots but you can plant these ones to avoid food waste). Dad used to make a mound of potatoes and cover it with old hessian bags, tarpaulins etc to keep the sun light and heat out in Australia, which will trigger the plant's new life cycle by turning it green, ready to sprout shoots. He would then cover the mound with the remains of old spent plants he had finished harvesting from eg tomatoes plants, bean or. broad bean or pea dried bushes etc or even plain straw, hay etc. To protect the potatoes from hot Aussie sun.These would eventually end up recycled yet again after spuds were all gone and used to create mulch or enrich the soil. You need to do this because potatoes take a lot out of the soil and also carry certain parasites. To counteract this problem, he practised the ancient European 3 crops rotation system, to avoid sowing same crop in the same soil year in year out, which depletes the soil and enables pests and parasites to thrive and multiply so you end up doing so much hard work but with no food to feed your family on. Just basic common sense, really...
@@iamf6641 Out in the bush where I came from in Australia, the practice was to wait u til the onion tops had dried out and shrivelled up before harvesting. Others pulled them as they began to bend over, to make way for a new different crop. And they simply left them hanging on fences or, would you believe it, the old Hills Hoist Clothes line, to dry. Just pegged up, like you would your family's washing to fry. Girls, just be sure to separate the onions and garlic etc when you bring in the dry laundry in the laundry basket, ready to iron. The onions and garlic don't need ironing..... They are "easy care" items....
Hi. First off I want to tell you that your humor reminds me of my Daddy. Please share how to fill those planters and with what ?
Thank you
Esther