From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 9/6/2023 8:55 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > Can't remember if I mentioned this here (sorry if I did ;)), but due to   
   > circumstances that totally should've been forseen, the garden didn't get   
   > watered by our house-watcher while we were away on vacation a couple of   
   > weeks ago.   
   >   
   > Caused the potatoes and onions to wilt a bit prematurely, and rather   
   > than risk them dying and rotting I just pulled everything up.   
   >   
   > Things were small (as I half expected):   
   >   
   >    - Most of the potatoes were only about fingerling sized, though I did   
   >      get a few that're closer to 2.5-3" (~6-8cm) in diameter.   
   >    - Onions are all basically "pearl" sized at about 1" (~2.5cm).   
   >    - Garlic was juuuust starting to bulb up, so would've been too much   
   >      effort to save (the biggest bulb was just over 0.5" or so, and   
   >      the cloves were miniscule).   
   >   
   > Prepared a few dishes so far with the onions (sandwiches mostly).   
   > Hopefully the other bed isn't "too close" for next season (2024), since   
   > these homegrown ones make the grocery store's taste like cardboard.   
   >   
   >   
      
      Did you consider watering it to see if it was all truly dead before   
   you dug it all up ? "Wilted" isn't always "dead" .   
      
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   Snag   
     Men don't protect women because they're weak .   
   We protect them because they're important .   
      
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