Firstly the onions - some were mega-specimens (like this one) - others that had been rather shaded didn't grow that big at all. We did however harvest a fair quantity - here seen drying in the sun:
Next up - the potatoes - which I rather thought had 'blight'.
I'm informed however, that they do actually also 'die-back' in this way, so the yellow stalks and dried brown leaves weren't necessarily signs of anything very dire . . .
Had already started digging them up by then, so decided to lift half the plot, and leave the rest for now - even so this yielded an unfeasibly large quantity of potatoes!
We've stored some of the better specimens in a dark cool place, but the majority (which seem to have the rather unpalatable sounding common scab) are being peeled, turned into mash, and frozen.
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