I'm going to plant my carrots sometime in Sept. this fall. Hopefully the heat will be broken by then. You are right about the winter, it has been many years since I have seen a sustained cold for that long. I have two young palms and surprisingly it didn't hurt them. They are only about a foot tall.
Anothe surprize to me was that the lettuce I had planted wasn't damaged by the cold. As long as I've gardened I had no idea that lettuce was that hearty.
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How do your carrots grow?
I harvested a little over a pound of carrots last night! First time to grow carrots. They weren't as big as I had anticipated, but they're tasty and healthy. I'll definitely grow them again!
Fresh are so much better than the ones out of the store. Store carrots are at least a year old when they hit the store. All the flavor is gone. Congratulations, Steph.
Here's my haul.
I had no idea that store carrots were that old I have never had a home grown carrot so I am looking forward to it. Just wondering how do you store carrots once they are pulled up?
I cut the tops off, then washed the dirt off and put them in the fridge. I took some to work today, and they were yummy!
You are in for a real treat hummingtammy. You can not imagine the flavor. Store carrots have very little flavor.
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