Protected Onions Vs Unprotected Onions

[@ThousandYardStare]

This is a follow-up to a #shorts video I made a few days ago showing how well the protected onions are doing towards the end of a North East Winter. It is now early March. The onions in the early part of the video which are unprotected were planted in early November and have all sprouted but have been open to the elements and have taken quite a battering. Compare that to the protected onions in the latter part of the video - they were planted in early December so should have been a month behind the unprotected onions. However.....the protected onions have clearly done much better through the Winter and are much more advanced. Therefore they will most likely mature faster and provide me with crops before the unprotected onions. If we had the space I'd grow even more onions - we currently have over 350 planted but considering we use 2-3 onions per day I need to clear some more land specifically for onions. Ideally I could do with half an acre of onions.... The less we buy from supermarkets the healthier we are since here I use no pesticides or herbicides - the vegetable garden here is all organic. Call me a tin foil hat wearing hippy but I think it's quite important to grow our own food considering that the clowns behind the covaids nonsense are planning to make GMO vegetables containing their MNRA vaxxines and other poisons. At that point I transform into a pure carnivore and ignore store-bought vegetables all together, lol Having a fully functional vegetable garden and hens is great since it is so easy to look after and maintain - it's the infrastructure and skills that take the time and cost the effort but it is time and money well spent. Invest in yourself (and the land) and you won't be poor - skills are the new currency so I want everyone to be skills rich. Learn what you can, when you can. Check out the other videos on my channel as I cover all sorts of self-sufficiency topics including gardening, bushcraft, fishing, off-grid etc. etc. Thanks for watching - subscribe for more.

[@railway-share3820]

This chap knows his onions.

[@ThousandYardStare]

I love onions and when I said in the video description we use 2-3 onions a day I was not lying - if anything I was being conservative with that statement, lol

[@charlie5204]

I grew winter-onions the first time and they were not protected. Most of them died or have been eaten by birds, only few survived. For sure I will try your method this winter 🙂

[@ThousandYardStare]

It has made a hell of a difference for me and I've even got Elephant Garlic in the new cold frame waiting to go out once the weather gets better (and I free up some space in the raised beds)

[@WiltshireMan]

I'm growing Onions this year but from seed that I sowed in modules, will be transplanting the out later today or tomorrow, they are hardened off now

[@ThousandYardStare]

That is awesome - I've only grown the likes of Welsh Onions and other Perennial onions from seed and to be fair that was by accident. I hope you're keeping well, man and I hope your crops are super-productive this year.

[@ivahihopeful]

Thank you for the video! I’ll be looking to see if I can find a video on on how you made your tunnels.

[@ThousandYardStare]

Yes, maybe I should do that - it's a simple process which could be explained in a 'shorts' video but would be worth doing - thanks for the suggestion.

[@cillianflynn]

@@ThousandYardStare you might as well make an actual video too and try get any revenue you can from it. Cool channel!

[@ivahihopeful]

@@ThousandYardStare thanks. I know it may seem self explanatory, but I’m wondering about the materials used, whether something needs to be draped over the ends, etc.

[@ThousandYardStare]

@@ivahihopeful I've contemplated making mesh sections for the ends but haven't bothered doing that yet as I grow most of the lettuce and other tender greens in hydroponics systems. I just set up a new one today, lol