Today I was able to get my fork in the ground and harvest some carrots. We were luckily missed by the last eastern snow storm so the veggie garden is now snow free. I planted these carrots late last summer and they overwintered well. They are super sweet and crunchy, looks like carrots are for dinner! The variety is Sugarsnax 54, Pelleted.
The bulbs are also starting to make an appearance. These particular Snowdrops I dug up from a ditch a few years ago. Last fall I planted quite a number of spring bulbs so I'm looking forward to seeing them bloom as well.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Are you back to blogging more regularly? Those are lovely carrots. I just planted a row today along with lettuce, spinach, bok choy and snow peas. Ahh. Springtime in the garden!
ReplyDeleteI'd say some what regularly now and regularly by mid April when the garden gets going. I'm going to do some planting indoors tonight. The soil is still too wet to plant outdoors.
DeleteWow, those carrots did great! I've never tried to overwinter them.
ReplyDeleteNice to see a post from you!
They did do well but I don't think the Sugarsnax was the best variety to use. They dried out a bit with some cracking. This year I am trying Napoli F1 which is recommended for overwintering.
DeleteI know Daphne loves sugarsnax carrots, and now you say they're sweet and crunchy, so I'm going to give them a try myself this spring. Can't wait to taste some myself!
ReplyDeleteThey are really nice and I'd say best suited for spring planting.
DeleteI've never had luck overwintering carrots, they always turn really dry and kind of like chewing on a twig! I see a few that I missed digging last fall, I guess I should pull them and see if maybe I got lucky ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour carrots look lovely! I'll have to try overwintering next year! I don't normally give carrots the real estate, but if it just overwintering I might. When do you normally plant them in Fall? The bulbs are very pretty! Spring is almost here!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping we still have a few carrots left on the plot and maybe some parsnips and leeks. The snowdrops seem late to me is that usual in your area?
ReplyDeleteI tried overwintering carrots last year and just didn't like the results. So I didn't leave any in. I do miss fresh carrots though.
ReplyDeleteI just love how sweet overwintered carrots are. You have some decent sized ones there. All I have left in the garden are the very smalls as I have been raiding the patch all winter for cooking needs and I always run through the biggers ones first.
ReplyDeleteGreat carrots! Didn't have any luck growing mine in containers. Ah well, maybe I'll be luckier in the fall.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Snow Drops and carrots. A great shot of the snow drops, they look about to burst open!
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