Onion sets are widely available in spring, sold as yellow, white, or red, and often not identified by variety. Try searching online or in garden catalogs to find sets or slips for autumn planting.

A note to all ambitious gardeners who started vegetable transplants indoors over the winter months: Your time has come.

Raised planting beds. This is the quickest way ... to be loose enough to rake easily so that you can plant your onion transplants by hand. Pick your favorite varieties.

Before planting ... When the third leaf appears, onion seedlings are ready to be hardened off and transplanted into the garden. Space transplants are four to five inches apart with 12 to 18 ...

Late March through April is typically the time to plant cool-season vegetables like onions, potatoes, and peas, which can ...