Onions are a great crop for the small scale farmer. They're a kitchen staple and play a role in a great number of recipes. You can grow your basic yellow onion, or any of a number of fanciers and heirloom varieties, depending on your market. Planting: Onion sets should be planted from mid-March to mid-April. Gently push onion sets into the soft soil so that just the tip shows. Firm up the soil around them. If planting from seed, sow seeds a half inch deep from late February through early April. Onion sets should be planted 10cm apart from each other in rows 30cm apart. Onion seeds should be sown in rows 20cm apart. Thin weaker seedlings, first to 5cm apart and then to 10cm apart. Growing notes: Onions does best in sunny, sheltered sites with well-drained, well-worked soil. Ground with fresh manure can cause onions to rot. Onions also like being directly in the soil the best and don't thrive as well in containers or raised beds. Pests and problems: Birds are known to
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