Onions and lettuce

I went down to the plot this evening. It had been a few days since I had been there because I had a reasonably large project to complete and in just a few day the weeds had made themselves at home. Some brisk weeding weakened their grip I think.


I decided that that the autumn planted onions were ready and filled a tubtrug with forty or so. We won't need to buy any for a while I think. The smell of them was wonderful - I could feel my bronchial tubes clearing the more I lifted.


I lifted the garlic too. A disappointment here unfortunately. The rust had limited growth for most and had damaged some. There'll be some for the summer but  the crop was far from a success.


I lifted some first early potatoes too. Something blight-like has weakened the foliage but the tubers were fine and three plants produced more than we can eat in a couple of weeks.


The courgettes and squash were catching up after a slow start. There might be something to celebrate there after all!


There was a biblically heavy rainstorm as we left the plot (Al had joined me) and I was unable to take any photos down there but I have added a couple of photos of the onions in the place that they will dry out and a rather successful Little Gem lettuce Al harvested this evening.