Last night’s full moon was glorious!
A delicious salad supper this evening of fresh Roots tomatoes, little gem lettuce, Puy lentils and feta cheese with a drizzle of balsamic glaze.
We have the smallest onion crop ever so in a way this doesn’t really qualify for ‘beautful things.’ Two weeks ago, our onions were looking wonderful, all ready to be lifted and left in the sun to cure but with all that’s going on at home, I haven’t been down to get them. While she was here, Daughter no 3 came down to the allotment with me do the lifting and to help weed and pick raspberries but we were shocked to see all the onion stems black and crispy and when we lifted the onions they were squishy. We looked it up and it seems they have a mould called Aspergillus niger and that they shouldn’t be eaten! All we have are the few weedy ones that were grown in a separate bed. After the disappointment with the broad bean crop, we are feeling somewhat short of enthusiasm. I’m very pleased that I lifted the shallots a few weeks ago.
nrhatch
August 11, 2025 at 11:08 am
Your salad looks YUMMY! Sad that your harvest this year hasn’t been all you’d hoped for.
mybeautfulthings
August 16, 2025 at 7:02 pm
It’s a bit dispiriting to lose so many of our crops. Our sweetcorn is looking good so far, fingers crossed. 🙂
utesmile
August 10, 2025 at 8:58 pm
Sorry to hear about the onions. Sad. You never know why it is like that. X
mybeautfulthings
August 16, 2025 at 7:04 pm
I’ve told myself that onions are easily available and it doesn’t really matter – but still, it is disappointing. Our sweetcorn seems to be okay so far……. 🙂
snoakes7001
August 10, 2025 at 7:40 pm
Sorry to hear about your onions 🙁
Next time we’re at the allotment we’ll leave a couple of large red onions on your plot for you. Haven’t been down for a while because we are busy with the new house xx
mybeautfulthings
August 11, 2025 at 9:29 am
That’s really lovely of you but we are hardly at the lottie while B is off his feet and Im looking after him. Been wondering how your house move has gone…. Do let us have your new address. xx 😊
Ark
August 10, 2025 at 7:13 pm
That is very disconcerting. I wonder what caused the crop failure?
mybeautfulthings
August 11, 2025 at 12:24 pm
They were black ljust ike the broad bean plants and in the next bed so maybe spores travelled. I just wish I’d been able to harvest a couple of weeks ago.
Ark
August 11, 2025 at 1:55 pm
After reading your post I read up a bit.
It is one of the more common fungi, it is everywhere apparently, and yes, it was probably in the soil.
mybeautfulthings
August 16, 2025 at 6:58 pm
That’s sad isn’t it? I’ll have to research about planting there next season.