Summer Holiday
Where do Potatoes Come From?
<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mytinyplot/~3/kApM8w_I2zg/">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p><img src="http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/shallots.jpg" alt="" title="shallots" width="440" height="293" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2559" /></p> <p>I harvested my Shallots a couple of days ago. They had reached the stage where their leaves had flopped over and dried out and the bulbs were looking pretty big. So I took advantage of a sunny day and dug the whole harvest up. </p> <p>I put them in a wooden tray to dry in the sun for a few days – with the precaution of the lid from my <a title="Victorian" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/victorian/">Victorian</a> cloche over them. And today I rubbed off the dirt and put them in this old sieve ready for storage. </p> <p>They like to have air circulating around them so anything with holes in is ideal. Sometimes I use old Orange bags, or netted <a title="shopping" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/shopping/">shopping</a> bags if I have a lot to store. </p> <p>I’m pretty happy with the harvest. Last year I grew Longor Shallots which are more bullet shaped than these. This year I went for round ones (can’t remember the variety). Some are a little small but they make a good addition to my son, Jackson’s, meals since he won’t eat a lot of oniony flavours anyway.</p> <p>I always feel a bit smug when I put away the first harvest of the season for storing. I’m always a bit sad when I see Lettuce go to seed, or a <a title="Cauliflower" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/cauliflower/">Cauliflower</a> go over. All that effort and I just wasn’t quick enough to enjoy it. With Onions and Shallots it’s a different story – none of it goes to waste (assuming none of them rot) and it feels good to know that all my effort will be rewarded over the coming months.</p> <p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mytinyplot/~4/kApM8w_I2zg" height="1" width="1"/></p> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader ">Rate this Article</div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_61744" class="ratepost gdsr-soft gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a61744" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a61744" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX61744X5X0XaXarticle_rater_61744Xarticle_loader_61744X10X24" title="5 / 5" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX61744X4X0XaXarticle_rater_61744Xarticle_loader_61744X10X24" title="4 / 5" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX61744X3X0XaXarticle_rater_61744Xarticle_loader_61744X10X24" title="3 / 5" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX61744X2X0XaXarticle_rater_61744Xarticle_loader_61744X10X24" title="2 / 5" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX61744X1X0XaXarticle_rater_61744Xarticle_loader_61744X10X24" title="1 / 5" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_61744" style="display: none; width: 120px; " class="ratingloader article"><div class="loader flower " style="height: 24px"><div class="loaderinner" style="padding-top: 2px">please wait...</div></div></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdr_text_a61744">Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div></div></div></div>
