Just finishing lifting my summer onions, now drying on pallets. I am more than satisfied, 500 onions total, enough to keep us going until the spring anyway. The picture of the largest ones has a reference one given to me by a friend, to show what an onion should look like ! ! ! That is the one with the greenish string. Apologies for the poor picture quality.
Good news anyway lottie, doesnt look like I will be taking any show awards off you in this years onion section!
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Wow :o :o I am impressed :)
You like the occasional onion then Derek? ;)
Thems beauties ;D
Just like the olden days - before the rot hit.
Envy!!
:o Cor blimy guv ;D feed the World 8) I am impressed ;) ;D
Wow Derek!! They'll keep you going for a while!!! Have to inflate mine with pump I think!! Lottie ;)
Blimey Derek,
What a crop!! To be proud of that's for sure!!
Errrrr 500 onions that's 10/week!!! :)
Quote from: Derekthefox on August 03, 2005, 11:19:31
Good news anyway lottie, doesnt look like I will be taking any show awards off you in this years onion section!
Who cares what they look like (though they look good to me! :)), isn't it what they taste like that counts?
Thats a marvelous crop well done Derek.
They look fab, well done Derek. How do you store yours (onions!)? I put mine in carrot sacks or Hessian ones if available but they don't always last till the next lot are harvested.
They will be stored in the detached garage in racking or bags until needed, just bringing a few at a time into the kitchen.
Yes Mothy, we like our onions !
Thanks Tim, I feel proud if you are envious ! :D
weldone Derek they look wonderful and so many , i to love onions have then with nearly every meal , cant wait to get my lottie seems like i have been waiting for years , and perhaps i will to have plentyfull onions like yours, i might wont some tips ;D ;D
Amazingly huge crop there Derek! Like Tim, I am most envious! Lovely!
:o Dammmmmmm :o
Lottie is the one to seek advice on onions apparently, as big as footballs so the rumour goes . . . Well I am happy with the size of me own onions anyway ;D
Um, just plant them, and they grew big...No idea why!!! Making me blush here, but thanks, Derek! Still not good enough for shiney cup though..... :'( Lottie ;)
thanks Derek for the advice but your look ok to me perhaps with advice from you and lottie i might end up with a shinny cup
Don't knock it Derek. Try out my first year attempt for comparison and feel much better ;)  Not only a very mixed crop but absolutely useless at making ropes....... the one on the left fell in half today although I think the children had something to do with that.......
So you aim for your friends target and I'll aim for your stunning effort ;D
I will be pleased if mine look like that Icey. No hope of matching Derek's fine display though.
crikey, sorry if that pictures is slowing anyone down....errrrrr how do you resize a picture when uploading directly ???
Edit at source Icy, then modify the post
Thanks Derek - third attempt to finally manage to delete the first two and a success!! Hopefully thats not so bad now. Iain
Just resize it using your picture editing software before uploading.
WOW super crop. Lifted my shallotts yesterday. Onions will have to wait till Monday as I am working till then.
Have just ordered three lots of onion sets for next year.