Garlic harvest

Since most of the foliage on the garlic has yellowed and died back we decided to lift the garlic, trim the tops and leave to dry in a tray in the greenhouse:

These are Germidour. We sowed 19 cloves on the 9th October. We had to discard quite a few (almost 50% of the harvest) as some of the bulbs were rotten, which was surprising given the lack of rain. Despite this, most of the remaining bulbs are a really good size (much bigger than shop-bought garlic) and will keep us going for the best part of a year, provided that they store okay.
Something really strange seems to have happened to the onions and shallots planted a few months ago:

The ones towards the top of the pic are far more advanced than those down the bottom for no adequately explained reason!
Despite the high winds this past week the apples have managed to remain on the tree; we currently have 15 to 20:

At home the lettuce in the raised bed just keeps on coming. In the salad spinner bowl there are 3 deconstructed "All The Year Round" lettuce:

We had to dispose of two more today as they had bolted and we simply can't eat them fast enough!
As well as picking sweet peas every night, we also have lots of Calendula flowers:

I also wanted to showcase my daughters "Fire and Ice" flower display for the "garden on a plate" competition at the school summer fair:

All the plants and foliage were from our garden including: Heuchera, Calendula, Sweet Peas, Aquilegia etc. I don't think our interpretation of the theme was what they were looking for but I thought our flower display was lovely!