Onions

The onions have been gently collapsing for a few weeks, and although I would ideally leave them outside to dry and ripen, the weather doesn't look favourable. It's probably going to be damp for the next week or so, and I don't want the bulbs rotting.

To avoid this, we've lifted them, and put them on racks in the dining room to dry out. It'll mean the room smells rather onion-y for a while, but there you go. We normally eat in the kitchen, anyway...

Yield seems good: there were only about a dozen that were smaller than one-meal in size, and many that were two- or three-meal bulbs. We'll weigh and count them when they're ready. However, I'm leaning to the conclusion that the Hyred are smallest; the New Fen Globe were largest. They also bolted far less—I don't think any formed flower stems, but there were probably 4 Hyred, and a couple of Autumn Golds that did.