Growing Oignons Doux des Cevennes

In January/February we seed our onions, they are then planted out in Mai, harvested in August/September. To get the seed we plant some of our best onions from last year in march/april and let them grow a flower, which turns to seed. We harvest the flower at the end of the summer.


Boxtree terrace onions.












'Oignons fanes', these are onions we harvest at the beginning of the harvest with their green leaves on. (end June) They are then sold in small bunches with the green leaves but the earth removed.








Sam, Pete, Tess and Kathryn over at Breau crating up onions, everything is manual, hot dusty sweaty work.
Thanks to you all we got them in just in time!
The next day rain was forecast from midday. Sam Pete and me crated up at la Clede, Paul took Kathryn and Tess to La Maison neuve to get the rest in, we just managed it.