God I love growing our own

[jenkinsbrynmair]

spring onions have never been a thing here in Wales shallots are either harvested young for salads or left to mature for the bulbs (but that's not such a big thing) it ws the green leaves that were the essential salad ingredients and in later years my grandfather would just treat much of his shallots as a 'cut and come again' crop which later on would still develop good bulbs for pickling.
There were also plenty of chives in the garden margins.

 

[roche]

Who are the suppliers and what variety? I struggle to get spring onions to germinate.

PM Sent

 

[fian]

https://telemarinas.com/un-vecino-d...mecanizado-con-techo-hidraulico-de-16-metros/
Grow and Save.
A "horreo" is a wooden or stone construction supported on stone columns that is used to store the harvest, generally corn cobs.
This particular modernized horreo with its 16 meters is less than half of the longest horreos in Galicia.
https://elviajeroaccidental.com/de-ruta-por-los-horreos-mas-grandes-de-galicia#

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

same concept as staddles over here

 

[Macbear]

Taking advantage of a bit of sunshine, earlier this afternoon, I harvested the last of my carrots, a few parsnips and leeks. I carried them up the allotment to my car. A passer-by was amazed that I was "still getting produce" - he could see what was in the trug. I avoided responding that I was about to get my other trug full of strawberries and plums.
Sensibly, at 7 degrees, the bees were indoors - maybe [as I am now] armed with a rewarding cup of tea

 

[JamezF]

I've been ordering seeds this week, in preparation for next year. There are a few things I've not been able to get, unfortunately. I suspect in some cases it's because the work involved in doing the paperwork to import seeds from the EU makes selling them unviable, although I've also seen a few cases where vendors have noted that their crop failed meaning they have insufficient seed to sell.

Sadly I don't have as much seed saved from this year as I was hoping to because in many cases the weather wasn't good enough for fruit to ripen fully. Fortunately I do still have a few varieties left from 2023 so hopefully I'll be able to get them to grow and save more seed next season.

I already have garlic in the ground for next year, but it feels quite astonishing that it's really not that many weeks until I start sowing again for next season's plants. It still feels as though there's so much to be done before I'm ready for that.

James