They are often used in salads, soups, stews, and as a side dish, and can also be juiced for a healthy drink. Carrots are easy to grow in a home garden and are a hardy crop that can be planted in a variety of soils. They are a cool-season crop and at Beyond Buckthorns we usually plant them in the spring.
Articles tagged with carrots
This Fall's Garden Harvest in One Post
Fall 2017 has been somewhat crazy. Perhaps there'll be a little retrospect on it later, but for now let's look at some of the delicious veggies we were able to harvest this autumn from our annuals garden.
Carrots Are in the Ground
The Finnish spring 2017 has been extremely cold, much colder than usual. We've had snowfall well into May, and frost has been a frequent guest, especially at night. That has meant that we've been able to sow very few plants outside yet.
Conserving the Carrots In Sand
We had a lots of carrots in our garden. Before frost we harvested them all, Lumias Mom came over to help on a sunny day and we got everything out in an hour or so. But the problem really is: we can't eat them all at once. So we searched for an… more
Poor Man's Cloudberry Jam
Here's a report on another jam I tried this summer. It's lovingly called the Poor Man's Cloudberry Jam, even though mine wouldn't fool anyone!
I Thinned Out the Carrots - Glog
Yesterday I said I should start thinning out the carrots, so today I did. I thinned out quite a lot and luckily the largest part of the carrots were big enough to take back to the house, prepare and EAT! See my harvest in the header picture.
Garden Log - a Glog!
Welcome to the first post of our glog - our garden log book for quick and simple updates on what is happening in the garden on a daily basis. This is the tag to follow if you want to know what is going on in the garden beyond… more