Carrot harvest
This post is a continuation of the
never-ending saga of the weird growing year. Remember how things
like potatoes that are supposed to be carefree kicked the bucket?
Well, our carrots --- which many people find difficult --- grew like
kudzu.
Wednesday, I harvested two beds and came up with 27 pounds of carrots,
enough to completely fill the crisper drawer of our little
fridge. Many of the carrots were as big as or bigger than
store-bought, and I suspect they will store for months if I can keep
the moisture level correct.
We've got four beds left to harvest, but I planted those beds late so
the carrots are smaller. I plan to give those to my brother and
mother so that they, like us, will turn orange by spring.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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comment 1
Carrots will overwinter in the ground. Leave a bed for spring munching. They store well in straw kept in a cool place, like a cellar or under a bed.
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Errol
— Thu Oct 22 08:25:54 2009
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comment 2
Storing carrots in the ground doesn't seem to work in my garden. If I grow them directly in the soil, the heavy clay keeps them short and wormy, so I grow them in raised beds. But the raised beds freeze too easily --- I tried to store some, covered, in raised beds last winter and they all froze and rotted. 
Since don't have a root cellar yet, and do have excessive room in our fridge, I figured that was the way to go.
Since don't have a root cellar yet, and do have excessive room in our fridge, I figured that was the way to go.
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anna
— Thu Oct 22 08:47:38 2009
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