carrots

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Yum! Its carrot season. I harvest a few a day and we munch on them raw before dinner. I probably still have a million out there in the dirt. I am going to see how they overwinter. I have read that carrots will keep in the garden until used without splits or loss of flavor. I’d like to mulch with some hay, if I can find a bale. Preferably salt marsh hay. FYI: These are Red Core Chantenay carrots (Daucus carota var. sativus), a common home garden carrot variety since…
 
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sunlit beet stems

 
 
I thought these red beet stems were really pretty with the sunlight making them glow. I only have a few beets this year – the seedlings were mostly killed by the heavy spring rains. The few I do have are fighting for space with the carrots. But they are hanging in there.
 
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cooked carrots with parsley

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Daucus carota I don’t think I’ve ever grown enough carrots to really taste them. Last Tuesday, I pulled a big bunch and cooked enough to make five nice servings. They were delicious. Like a home grown tomato, a whole different flavor than store bought. I think I’ll expand my carrot crop next year with some different varieties.
 
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carrot harvest

 
 
My carrots are ready to pull. Here’s a nice one. About 5 or 6 inches I think. And fat. And only a little bifurcated. And delicious. An interesting sweet and very carroty taste that you don’t get in the store bought ones. We ate this one fresh – carrot chip slices. Daucus carota
 
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carrots

 
 
My mom helped me thin my carrots today. The row is sooo thick its taken over half of a raised bed. (It was only one packet of seeds!) I’ve been pulling a few now and then, but it needed more work than that. I was glad I could recruit some help. The good news is that the carrot roots are getting nice and big now. Edible size. Yum! Daucus carota
 
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Kathy Martin
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy


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