Oh ! :-) buy spring onions, in a shop ? What a strange idea ! :-)

It's not a strange idea if one does not eat many and growing just how many
one needs in a seed tray from sets is a good idea. Spring onions are not
expensive at 99p for 5 bunches besides which, in raised beds (largest 2.4 X
2.4 m smallest 1.2 X 1.2m), I grow things which are quite expensive -
asparagus , rhubarb, strawberries. runner beans and leeks. I suppose I
could make better use of my garden but with raised beds surrounded by gravel
chippings I can go gardening in my slippers!

Geoff