Our Garden April 2011

Digging up or garden we found a happy surprise.  Carrots!  I thought it was a weed at first and tried to pull it out.  I totally forgot about.  In the fall we went from 70 degrees one week to a major snow storm the next week.  And the snow never melted all season!  Needless to say lats of fall clean up was neglected.  Harvesting carrots was one of them.

The carrot I pulled up thinking it was a weed

I had read in "Gardening Month by Month in MN" that you could overwinter your carrots.  So I was hoping it would work.  It did!  I am so going to do this again.  I plan to plant enough to last in the pantry for winter and to over winter too.  I guess you just have to make sure to mulch well.  Luckily we did anyway.  Good thing I read this article because it said to take it out in early spring before it starts to bloom because it will be inedible.


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