Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Fall Carrots, Strong and Healthy


Take a look at my pretty fall carrots.  In the past I've had a troubled relationship with carrots---I seem to have a hard time germinating these little suckers and because they take a LONG time to harvest, it's kind of hard for me to justify the garden real estate they take up.  But regardless of my troubled past, I plant them anyways.

One of my favorite garden pleasures is picking fresh carrots so a couple of weeks ago I tried sowing a new batch.  I found carrots grown in containers are easier to grow, so I filled a pot with rich soil and scattered some seeds.  I waited and waited...and nothing happened.

I tried again, only this time I placed the pot in the shade, where it only gets partial morning sun.  Success!  Now I wait and tend to these pretty gems.

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