My carrots have taken a long time to size up - or so it seems. As is often the case when waiting for
things to mature in the garden, a few days seems more like a few weeks – the first
ripe tomato, the first juicy strawberry….and the carrot harvest.
That’s why I love keeping records of when I do things. I could have sworn that the carrots should
have been done long before now. But then
I look back and see that I actually sowed them on May 13 and they didn’t start
germinating until May 25th. All
of the varieties I am growing should mature in 60-70 days. So moving forward from the date of
germination, they were not due to reach maturity until July 24th at the earliest. And taking into account that they are
located in a bed that receives a bit more shade, the end of July is, in fact, on the early side
of the harvesting window.
So now I want to backtrack to last week when I had a bit of
a scare with the carrots. As I was doing
my daily stroll around the garden, I noticed this:
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Bolting Carrot??
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