growing carrots

[Guest guest]

I've grown carrots all my life, from the time I was a small child helping Mom in

the garden. The nicest are grown in cooler weather that's not too cold, light

soil that's fertile but not overly enriched, and with even moisture. Short

stubby or round types will grow in heavy clay soils where the longer types don't

do so well. I like my fall-planted carrots in the greenhouse best -

overwintered in the soil, and we did them as we need them until they're gone.

None in the ground this year -- too hot this fall for the young plants to get a

good start in the greenhouse. Next year we'll try some different tricks for

getting them started.

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[Guest guest]

Hello

Thanks for the tip. I will try next fall. My husband just put lots of compost

for spring planting and we dont have a green house but next year our sunroom

will be redone and I think I will be able to use some of the space as a green

house as long as my cats dont help themselves to eating. We got some organic

carrots from a local farm that delivers and I could not believe the difference.

Even my husband who does not like them ate them. We added the tops/greens to a

chicken stock.

Ciao-

Ange

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To: fibromyalgiacured

Sent: Sat, December 10, 2011 11:35:13 AM

Subject: growing carrots

I've grown carrots all my life, from the time I was a small child helping Mom in

the garden. The nicest are grown in cooler weather that's not too cold, light

soil that's fertile but not overly enriched, and with even moisture. Short

stubby or round types will grow in heavy clay soils where the longer types don't

do so well. I like my fall-planted carrots in the greenhouse best -

overwintered in the soil, and we did them as we need them until they're gone.

None in the ground this year -- too hot this fall for the young plants to get a

good start in the greenhouse. Next year we'll try some different tricks for

getting them started.

P

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[Guest guest]

Ange - I keep little trays of oat grass growing in a handy spot for the indoor

cats in winter - helps save the other stuff I don't want them in. What Joanne

said about growing carrots in bins sounds good. Mine are grown directly in the

soil, but we have room for the big hoophouse here. They don't really grow any

Dec & Jan - just wait in the ground for me to need them in the kitchen. But the

freezing they get some days during those months make them sweeter. And yes,

there's such a difference between local fresh carrots and packaged ones sitting

around in a store -- and local organic, those I'd feel safe eating the tops or

sharing them with my hens, who do love their veggie trimmings. Best, though,

are my own winter carrots. I'm so missing them this year, and even though I

get nice carrots from the organic co-op, they not as good.

P

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