I have only been gardening for a few years, and every year I’ve tried (very unsuccessfully) to grow carrots. A few weeks ago, the husband headed out to till the garden for me. He asked me to come out with him so I could show him what to till/not till.
Much to my surprise, among the random weeds growing/left over from last year, I found a row of carrots still growing! I dug up a few, and was thrilled to see that most of them were even decent sized! I ran into the house to get a bowl for my beautiful new carrots!
While they still didn’t compare to the abundance of radishes I’m able to grow every year, I was so excited to find these fun little carrots hiding in my garden. I had given up on them several months ago! It obviously doesn’t take much to make me happy!
What unexpected hidden treasures have you found recently?
I had the same problem, so now we only grow carrots in large buckets. I’m going on my second season of it and get huge amounts of carrots from each bucket
Here is the post I made when I decided to try it (http://www.awesomeburgh.com/2011/07/planting-carrots-in-buckets.html) and at the bottom is a link to the post with carrot pictures. I’ll never grow in the ground again!
Great advice Nikki! I will definitely try that this year! Thanks:)
Your carrots certainly look a lot bigger than mine. Well Done (without even knowing it you did a great job growing carrots.) That is pretty darn exciting. I can’t think of any hidden treasure that I have found recently, but it doens’t take much to make me happy. A load of manure is right up there on top.