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I have 4X2.5lb onions that I'm making into a big batch of onion soup, then canning for the winter, as Kelsae onions definitely do not store well.
 

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Thought yours might have been bigger than mine Bees :D

You'm right there, havin mine for breakfast :)
 
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Thought yours might have been bigger than mine Bees :D

You'm right there, havin mine for breakfast :)
I built new onion beds last winter, so I'm reaping the benefit of that work, PLUS, living a little further North than you, I have a bit of an advantage with day-long onions.
Aren't they marginal at your latitude?
 

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Was that raised beds Bees?

Not sure, know they grow the seed crop in Italy, maybe thats because they bolt quicker down there?

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There were some good sized ones at the show, didn't take a direct shot but you can see em at the back.
 
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Here, we have a friendly, but competitive 3 veg/fruit and biggest marrow comp at the allotments, so, hoping that I would be at home for that comp, where conformity is more important than size.
It's been scheduled for next Sunday, when I'm away, which is a shame because I have the onions at 2.5lbs each, 3 of which are a very good shape, a 22lb (10kg) courgette, which probably won't win first, but grew another time I was away anyway, some cracking, chocolate-box 6oz Akron tomatoes and many, many, many 7-8 inch long Anaheim chillies. Shame, but not to worry.
Btw, my red barons would have skooshed 1st in the 5 cat.
 

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The taller plant was covered in ripe tomatoes the other day :cautious:

Think sis might have run out of hers so picked off me swollen plums as a precaution

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Total grape harvest for 2017

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Zigs, that's more of a harvest then we had for five years! Finally last year we got grapes from our vine, and this year was pretty good--enough to share.
I was all for ripping the vine out after three years and no grapes, but he wanted it to stay because he enjoyed the neighbors asking if we were going to make wine!
 

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Got a plan for next year, just been reading about this :)
 

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