I couldn’t wait any longer so pulled the anxiety causing carrot out of the ground this weekend. It was completely blemish free and was chomped almost immediately - delightful, although excessively expensive.
Out of the 3 packs of seeds I sowed in early spring, I managed to persuade 5 carrots to grow to maturity which can hardly be described as successful. Fortunately the June sown carrots appear to have germinated at a promising rate so I should be able to recoup some of my investment.
I checked out my household spending records yesterday and discovered that my grocery expenditure has dropped by £150 each quarter since I took on the plot. I barely buy any vegetables anymore and I should hope that for the next couple of months I ought to be able to go supermarket cold turkey. Good news in this time of spiraling food prices.
5 responses so far ↓
1 patientgardener // Jul 9, 2008 at 10:39 pm
How very satisfying. I dont think you are alone in struggling to get carrots to grow. I have some in a pot but they are still very tiny
2 Daphne // Jul 10, 2008 at 12:29 am
Pretty looking carrot. I’m hoping my carrots germinate. They are such finicky seeds.
3 Bilbo // Jul 10, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Congratulations, that is a heck of a lot less money to be spending at the supermarket each quarter.
4 allotment blogger // Jul 15, 2008 at 2:47 pm
As you already have crops under cover, have you thought about carrots in a sand bed? We’re going to try it next year. You just build a raised bed (or blag a box) fill it with sand, and instead of using plain water, water with a liquid fertiliser once a week. A neighbour does it and produces the most perfect carrots ever … and the little beasts and carrot fly never seem to find their way in
5 green blog // Aug 15, 2008 at 2:31 pm
What you did reminds me of what I always do. The moment it’s out from the ground, I couldn’t wait to just sink my teeth in it. Sometimes I save some of the carrots in the fridge to make juice.
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