How to Harvest Onions and Garlic | Garden with Me Ep.1

[@niallgardens]

What do you think of this kind of video?

[@dahlia_day]

I dig it!

[@metrohen]

I appreciate it! I love learning this way! I appreciate seeing the learning opportunities ;) and celebrating the wins!!

[@harrym2523]

Heartily enjoy this! If you are changing something please shorten your intro, better if punchy! Thanks x

[@joelleboutari7565]

Lovely! Really like it!

[@martynford-he5sz]

one always learn something new even those who are seasoned gardners love your new series look forward to more from you im sure many of those viewing will learn a lot from these vlogs your making

[@barbcottingham6675]

I always leave one or two bolted allium in the ground to flower for the 🐝 ❤

[@niallgardens]

100%! I've actually got a whole bed of bolted red onions that I've left to flower for exactly that reason

[@nooie99]

Enjoying this change of pace in this new addition to your video. Centred on just one item.

[@niallgardens]

Thanks very much! I'll keep the episodes coming in that case!

[@marilynstanbury5098]

Good idea to share tasks like this, really enjoyed it. Keep the shallots away from your good onions and garlic. Thanks

[@niallgardens]

So nice of you, glad you like the format! I'll keep it up in that case!

[@carolineshowell3837]

Lovely onions and garlic, and the sweet peas in the background are gorgeous!😃

[@niallgardens]

Thanks! The sweet pea have just been fab this year!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Hi Niall, Greetings from Windermere, Florida 9b 🇺🇸 ❤ Your onions and garlic 😋 look good and Yes, I always enjoy gardening with someone who does the work 👍 Take care ❤Peggy❤

[@niallgardens]

Hiya Peggy!! ❤️ Hope all is well with you over in Florida!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

@niallgardens We're doing our best to tolerate the hot summer 90's ☀️ Tomorrow is our 50th anniversary and we are headed to Amelia Island for a few days 😀 Thanks for checking on us❤️

[@jeffreyrossi5084]

It's funny here in North Dakota the clay is so heavy you need to wet the soil to get the onions out or it's like their imbedded in brick. One thing I've always done is there are always a few little onions you miss; they disappear in the soil for the winter and reemerge in the spring. They're no good for harvesting since they immediately bloat so I just move them into small clumps around the garden and they make great little flowering pollinator attractors. The new format is a great addition.

[@niallgardens]

What a lovely suggestion! And isn't it nice to be able to use something for a positive outcome like pollinators

[@WiltshireVeggies]

Great video Niall! I love seeing bits and pieces of your garden! Don't worry about the shallots! I also had a failure where I left my garlic in the ground too long and the bulbs split so wouldn't store very well! All part of the learning!

[@niallgardens]

Thanks 👍 Really glad you enjoyed it! (and glad that I'm in good company with the occasional crop failure!)

[@elizabethmcdonald4318]

I love the new series! Thank you for sharing your gardening fails as well as successes. We can learn from it all. Btw, I found your channel ages ago thanks to Linda Vater. Your videos are so professional and informative. I appreciate all you do.

[@niallgardens]

Awesome! Thank you! Even better that you found me through Linda's channel

[@LorraineG123]

Nice harvest Niall, fine size onions and garlic. Re shallots, a shame, but one wins some ,and lose some. As you say that bed was a success. Nice calm video, and did enjoy the escape from the rain 😂😂. We are having very weird weather this summer sadly. Have a lively Sunday. Thanks for sharing.

[@niallgardens]

Thanks Lorraine! How are you? This truly is a tough summer isn't it? Some of my plants, like my sweetcorn, were absolutely ruined by the mix of hot weather and wind, then the battering of rain and wind. Poor things!

[@LorraineG123]

@niallgardens awh that's a shame Nisll. Yes simmer good for some produce and not so much for others. Blight hit all my potatoes.9 beds and more containers gone. Rescued but all small. On other hand my flower areas have had a party in this weather, I'm thrilled.

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Wonderful harvest 🥰🥰

[@niallgardens]

So nice of you

[@JBNat]

Lovely lovely video Niall! Enjoy the prospect of this becoming a series. Way more instructional than most vlogs but with a lovely dose of personality too!

[@niallgardens]

Thanks mister! Here's to many more!

[@lorainemcguire5795]

I really enjoyed the video big thumbs up from me ❤

[@niallgardens]

Ah brill! Thank you Loraine!

[@hazelmanship7516]

Good morning Niall, hope you're all well. Onions looking good. 🧄,Oh nooo the rain,again 😮 I used to grow Onions but the cats did their business in between so had to stop,used to tie them up and they lasted all winter in the shed. My garden looking very colourful now the bedding plants are flowering,I've got my 1st sunflower out lovely red centre golden yellow outer petals very pretty. We've had very heavy rain and storms on and off since last saturday,had very gusty winds too, have to keep pushing the sunflowers stakes in the ground, pesky yellow shelled small snails🐌 climbing up the plants too derrr!! Sunshine today but cloudy and rain they say later, not cold though. Have to go now get ready for church, busy day today. Thanks for sharing,take care,happy gardening see you next time,😊

[@niallgardens]

Hi Hazel! That sounds great about all your flowers bringing you so much colour. We're battling the same difficult weather as yourself sadly. Here's to a calmer August!

[@hazelmanship7516]

@@niallgardens hi Niall, thanks,very warm 20 deg here today, the sunflowers are flowering nicely now,forecast rain later and then deluge from Friday again yes fed up isn't the word,got lawns cut monday,they're looking nice and green now, hope your veggies are doing well, see ya soon happy gardening 🌻🌝🌸🏵🌺🌹🌼

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

Great video Niall. I got my first allotment this year and everything is on trial and error basis as I’ve never grown veg before, only flowers, but I’ve got to say I’m completely hooked. I’ve had a few successes so far with my potatoes, beetroot and my onions are doing well. I can’t wait to start properly for next year. Glad you talked about the onion that bolted as I have one and didn’t know what to do with it. Thanks Niall and I look forward to your next video. Deb

[@niallgardens]

That is just brilliant that you've got your first allotment - what an adventure! Every success you have, whether it's small or big will drive you forward! Delighted for you!

[@McNeep]

Excellent video!! I’ve never grown shallots before, but I may give it a try after watching this. 😊 harvested the garlic last week & it grew very well. Thanks for your great videos

[@niallgardens]

That's super news that your garlic harvest was a success - delighted for you!

[@lauripedersen3150]

I watch you from the US, since our "styles" of gardening are similar. Loved this video, please continue the "Garden With Me" series. And thanks for showing failures alongside successes, any true gardener knows that things happen that we cannot control.🌿💚

[@niallgardens]

Thank you! Will do! Delighted that you enjoyed it!

[@richardm4706]

Here in Japan, the onion harvest is already in and as you drive through the villages there are huge bunches of onions hanging under the roof eaves to cure. Now it’s around that time to get carrots planted. Then the potatoes need to be harvested.

[@niallgardens]

That sounds like such an amazing sight! I'd love to see that!

[@cearmalevis3354]

That was really helpful. My onions bolted and now I know why. Thanks Niall. Really looking forward to these new episodes.

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Maybe show also how you go about drying and storing these? Thank you!

[@niallgardens]

I might just do that - good idea!

[@aname5267]

Lovely alliums! I’m enjoying my first year on my allotment and it’s very different to garden growing. My onions got mildew which is a common problem on plots. But they were still the biggest I’ve ever grown so I’ve cut off the leaves straight after harvesting and hoping they will store. The learn from next year is to try a disease resistant variety which i now know is vital with allotments. I’ll grow from seed too!

[@niallgardens]

Wow! Well done because it sounds like you've got yourself a good crop! Woohoo!

[@veedebee]

I love the format, great timing, I’ll lift my onions today, my garlic did that white squishy mouldy thing 😢

[@niallgardens]

Really glad you like the format!

[@Peterharte73]

It's a horrible summer for growers especially in my garden my onions are poor my flowers are poor and my sweet corn and wild flowers are almost flattened by the wind and rain but we can't get angry just start again with a big 😁 Irish summer ⛱️

[@niallgardens]

It really is a shocking summer. My sweetcorn went into the ground an immediate got hammered by those weeks of hot weather coupled with that dry wind. Then battered by the rain and storms! They are very sorry looking!

[@spudsandroses]

Fab onion and garlic harvest 😍 All the flowers behind you are just gorgeous ❤ Great to be following your vlogs now too 🥰💚🌿

[@niallgardens]

Thanks so much Maiju! I'll keep the vids coming!

[@lesleymccauley3664]

That’s a grand harvest of onions and garlic and if you can get them dried off you’ll be enjoying them for months to come. The new greenhouse will be a great advantage for that with this miserable weather continuing. Well done. Pity about the shallots but you can’t win ‘em all! Have you any plans for that bed once it’s cleared? Maybe you could line out some biennials or plant some green manure?

[@niallgardens]

Thanks! The next step for that bed is a few rows of salad leaves, radishes, spinach, etc... that will give me another quick crop of leafy things for the late summer / autumn

[@donnamullins2089]

Beautiful onion and garlic beds. Sorry about the shallots. Some days you may just take a snapshot and harvest to prevent bad event waiting to film. Send Texas some of your beautiful rain. Have a great week.

[@niallgardens]

Thanks Donna! I managed to salvage a few of the shallots - phew! Have a great week yourself!

[@CSaville]

This is really helpful. I'm in my third year of growing but this is the first year I've planted onions and they are absolutely brilliant. The question you answered is when to harvest as I've had conflicting advice. Great video. Thanks!

[@niallgardens]

Glad it was helpful! That's so good that you found that piece of information useful

[@KebunLangit67]

Halo my friend 👍👍👍😊

[@niallgardens]

Hello 😊

[@theukyankee]

I started my onions late so mine are still growing and developing.

[@niallgardens]

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you to have a great harvest!

[@maricelpagalan4528]

I enjoy this kind of video.

[@niallgardens]

I'm really glad, thank you!

[@robinmiller1783]

Great onions! I find I have better luck when I start my shallots from seed. I live near Chicago and it was a hard go with the shallots. I had more problems with losing starts after transplanting then any other year. They also took their sweet time getting going. But it’s looking good for a nice harvest (red conservor a tried and true for me and zebrune new variety this year).

[@niallgardens]

That's interesting that you have better shallot luck with seeds.... it might be something I try in that case since I've always used sets. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@RealFoodComesDirty]

Hi Niall, really enjoyed the video.!

[@niallgardens]

Hi! So glad you enjoyed it! Hope you're well!

[@honoregale856]

Love this style of vlog although to be honest love everything you produce. Everyone seems to be having a good onion harvest. Have given up on garlic as I either get white rot or rust or if I’m really lucky both!

[@niallgardens]

Thanks for that Honore! Glad you liked it!

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

very nice harvest... sadly, my own, here in New England are each a wee bit smaller than your harvest.

[@niallgardens]

Thanks so much!

[@amiladybug9526]

Great video all my onions failed this year....

[@niallgardens]

Sorry to hear that! Oh no!

[@GardenDiscovery]

The video faeries were at work bringing rain lol.

[@niallgardens]

They are indeed!

[@donaldauguston9740]

Hi Niall: Love the video (as always) but I would really appreciate it if you would give us some feedback as to what to do once various plants go-over. For instance, my lilies are starting to die back and I'd like to know how long you suggest we keep the stocks (which look quite nice), when can we plant the bulbs from the pots into the ground once they've finished for this season. Thank you very much. DA

[@niallgardens]

Hi Donald! That's a great idea - leave that with me and I'll see what I can do!

[@Pam._G]

Should you take out all of the infected shallot parts or is it ok to leave it in the soil to decompose? Loved the video! Feels like we're there!

[@niallgardens]

I think it's probably ok to leave them as I don't think it's a major disease issue in this case. Hope this helps!

[@christinamartinhellohope]

This looks great Niall! I have a question. My onions look as though they have sost all bolted. Can I still harvest them?

[@niallgardens]

I think you still can harvest them. Though you'll probably find they don't store well. But they're certainly still edible

[@roserizzo3094]

Great harvest but sorry about shallots.

[@niallgardens]

Thanks! There's always next year!