Onions

Today I planted some shallots, variety Topper in one of our small raised beds:

 

We have not grown this variety before. Apparently they have good resistance to bolting and are high yielding. We shall see what happens! In total I planted 17 sets (one was discarded as it was rotten), which works out about 12 pence per shallot set:

I also checked on the Japanese onions and weeded around them. They are looking rather sad:

..but mostly still alive. Hopefully they will perk up as the weather improves.