Growing Onions, Spring Onions From Seeds

How wonderful it is to harvest our own spring onions and onions from our own garden. I had this pleasure and even though the harvest was not a big one, I was very pleased and encouraged with the achievement. This picture showed the last half of the spring onion and onion harvest. I also get to harvest a small cabbage from the smallest plant. I didn't take any picture of the earlier harvest. These were all grown in a small round pot.

These spring onions and onions were grown from seeds I collected from my garden which I have shared previously. You can click here to read the post if you are interested.

 I have left a few spring onion plants to flower and waited to see if these will produce seeds.

The seed pods finally dried up and I collected these seeds. I sprinkled the seeds onto a round flower pot. and covered the seeds with about 0.5 inch of garden soil.

After some time, tiny fragile seedlings appeared. These were grown from seeds.

A close up look at the tiny seedlings.

The seedlings look fragile and I thought they might not survive.

This is a 1 foot diameter pot and the depth is only about 5 inches.

It was more of curiosity and experiment. I was not expecting much but it was interesting to see the seedlings grow.

I regretted not feeding these seedlings much fertilizers. They might have been more healthy if I have fertilized them more frequently. I hope the next project will yield better and healthier harvest.

These might have been bigger if I have given more attention to the plants. Hope to do better in the future as I continue to learn through my experience.

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The following photos are for joining Saturday's Critters.

 I saw this lone bird/pigeon. It didn't fly away when I walked past.

 It seemed lost. There was no other similar bird nearby.

 It has almost all white feathers with light brown specks.

 It has red claws.

I hope it will not be lost for long and will find its way back to the others.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

So, dear brothers,

you have no obligations whatever to your old sinful nature

to do what it begs you to do.

For if you keep on following it you are lost and will perish,

but if through the power of the Holy Spirit

you crush it and its evil deeds, you shall live.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

(Romans 8:12-14, The Living Bible-TLB)