Onion Harvest

The onion harvest was the first priority of the day on Wednesday at Spofforth, because the weather continues unsettled and damp Diana decided we must lift the onion sets and lay them out to dry in the greenhouse. Two different varieties were tried, the second being heat treated against disease, and looking at the results they are the ones that I shall try next year, but overall it was a really good harvest with only a handful being lost to rot. Next we took down the fruit cage, that gave me a real feeling of the seasons turning, as putting them up was the very first thing I helped Diana and Brian with back in the spring. How quickly the gardening year has passed since I left work, and how long the winter will seem without the ability to escape outside. Still I mustn't grumble, many tasks await before we can all hibernate until spring!

Pics- Diana in the greenhouse , Yew berries, the most important cancer drug is made from this tree!

"Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep"

Carl Sandburg