Exciting or what?I have a few carrots in a pot this year, and they are doing far better than last years which never grew beyond 5cm long. They are a heritage variety and are supposed to be purple, which explains why this carrot has attractive pink legs. I did pull one the other day which was truly purple (and truly carrot shaped). They taste really good and I may make the effort next year to grow a useful amount of them. The only thing is that that would take up a large amount of space, which I don't really have.
This year's major success is lettuce. I've been trying to grow it for a few years and finally realised that they do best in the ground. Pots and gro-bags have only ever resulted in sad looking lettuce-ettes for me. We have been eating exclusively garden grown lettuce for a month or so now, and should be able to continue I hope throughout the summer. The only drawback to home grown lettuce is that the kitchen seems to be permanently dusted with soil from the roots, but this is a small price to pay for fantastically fresh and crispy lettuce.
2 comments:
You need to put some ooglie eyes on that carrot to finish off the comedy look. It's brill. Purple carrots sound so unusual...are they purple all the way through?
No, they are just purple for a few mm. Apparently all carrots used to be purple, but it has been bred out of them.
Will put googly eyes on my shopping list, they could be just the thing that this blog needs!
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