Impressive eh?
Not what you may call a roaring success but, you know what, the one mouthful it gave me was delicious and I will try harder next year. It may be tiny but it is so beautifully formed that it makes me want to try again this year.
In a nutshell, I planted my carrots as an afterthought too late in the season and they got rather swamped by the purple sprouting broccoli who stole all of their light, so I gave them up for dead. But here was one fighter.
Looks small but perfect :o)
ReplyDeleteMy carrot crop wasnt much better! For some reason my MOther in Law (who lives nest door) and I cannot get a decent crop in either of our gardens (or in pots). Weird or what!
I think it's very cute and there to tell you to persevere with the carrot growing!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, a bit like my carrot crop. I chucked a load of mixed seeds in an empty bed, and my carrots got lost in amongst the radishes. I didn't cover the seeds properly, just raked them in. Easiest to grow for me is runner beans, broad beans, and courgettes, but you need a lot of space for those.
ReplyDeleteMy carrots were a bit like that too...but they tasted as if all of the flavour of a large carrot had been condensed down into each tiny one.....yum yum yum
ReplyDeleteAw! Too cute... funny sometimes how they persevere. Here's hoping for bountiful carrot crops next year!
ReplyDeleteCarrots need a sandy and free draining soil without stones present.
ReplyDeleteIf you can make yourself a deep bed with such soil or have a deep container for your planting you will get much better results. I did this one year and had about 40 carrots from one packet sown. I now buy carrots in the supermarket as they just take too long to grow. There is also carrot root fly to consider, and that`s why a deep container will bring better success. The carrot root fly will fly low to the ground to lay its eggs, so planting in a high pot or raised bed that has high sides will stop the carrot root fly in its tracks. Good luck with another trail.
Without sounding like a schoolboy....it's longer than mine....... All mine were short and fat!
ReplyDeleteThis year I am going to grow them in sand in a spare wheelie bin
I had an even smaller carrot crop - they just didn't do a thing. Hilarious picture!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like mine too! But then again I have Walnut Trees in my yard and that tends to stunt the growth of a lot of veggies I try to grow.....Thankfully I'll be moving next May to Lancaster, PA (AMISH) were you couldn't ask for better soil to grow a garden.
ReplyDeleteIt's like a perfect little miniature carrot! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThere were two fighters and you are both in the photo.
ReplyDeleteSmall but perfectly formed!!
ReplyDeleteI think I would have used it to decorate a carrot cake, although to do that you would have had to go out and buy some carrots :-)
I got a good chuckle out of this post. You have a great sense of humour! Carrots can be the dickens to get right but clearly, you have the right soil as the baby carrot was nice and straight....and delicious!
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