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Carrot Week 2013
Surprise! Surprise! Guess what time it is again already
Are you in the planning stages for your 2013 garden? Have a couple of empty squares you don't really know what to do with yet, or perhaps you anticipated a little sumthin, sumthin and left a couple open on purpose?
Well, your assumptions were correct! It's time for our 3rd annual Carrot Week.
Let's change things up a bit this year. How about some colors? Colorful carrots. Scarlet, purple, yellow. You name it, any color goes this year. So get out those catalogs or head to the garden centers and get those colorful seeds before they're all snatched up.
As in years past, this is just forum fun and a time to bond and share your carrots with others. It's a great way to get your kids involved in the garden and a fun way to get them to eat their veggies
Be sure to check in often with updates and pictures of your carrots and their progress. We all love to see the funny shapes, sizes and this year, the colors! Giant carrots, funky carrots, ugly carrots, twisted, fat or bumpy, lumpy carrots! Let's see them all. So secure those seeds, and get those boxes ready!
Carrot Week Begins On April 15th!!!
As years past, let's do three days before the 15th, and three days after. So, the 15th is on a Monday. You can plant your carrots anywhere from Friday, April 12, thru Thursday, April 18.
And don't forget to pay your taxes by Monday April 15th!
Are you in the planning stages for your 2013 garden? Have a couple of empty squares you don't really know what to do with yet, or perhaps you anticipated a little sumthin, sumthin and left a couple open on purpose?
Well, your assumptions were correct! It's time for our 3rd annual Carrot Week.
Let's change things up a bit this year. How about some colors? Colorful carrots. Scarlet, purple, yellow. You name it, any color goes this year. So get out those catalogs or head to the garden centers and get those colorful seeds before they're all snatched up.
As in years past, this is just forum fun and a time to bond and share your carrots with others. It's a great way to get your kids involved in the garden and a fun way to get them to eat their veggies
Be sure to check in often with updates and pictures of your carrots and their progress. We all love to see the funny shapes, sizes and this year, the colors! Giant carrots, funky carrots, ugly carrots, twisted, fat or bumpy, lumpy carrots! Let's see them all. So secure those seeds, and get those boxes ready!
Carrot Week Begins On April 15th!!!
As years past, let's do three days before the 15th, and three days after. So, the 15th is on a Monday. You can plant your carrots anywhere from Friday, April 12, thru Thursday, April 18.
And don't forget to pay your taxes by Monday April 15th!
I am my gardens worst enemy.
RoOsTeR- Posts : 4299
Join date : 2011-10-04
Location : Colorado Front Range
Re: Carrot Week 2013
I'm in!
llama momma
Certified SFG Instructor- Posts : 4914
Join date : 2010-08-20
Location : Central Ohio zone 6a
Re: Carrot Week 2013
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Carrot Week 2013
I had already ordered both Rainbow and Atomic Reds this year so this is a welcome thread. I'll be planting this spring and keeping a close watch.
Last year my Nantes didn't mature til late in the season so I never posted the results but they tasted good for Thanksgiving.
It'll be fun to see pics of the colorful harvests this year.
Last year my Nantes didn't mature til late in the season so I never posted the results but they tasted good for Thanksgiving.
It'll be fun to see pics of the colorful harvests this year.
quiltbea- Posts : 4707
Join date : 2010-03-21
Age : 82
Location : Southwestern Maine Zone 5A
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Your miles ahead already quiltbea
I am my gardens worst enemy.
RoOsTeR- Posts : 4299
Join date : 2011-10-04
Location : Colorado Front Range
Re: Carrot Week 2013
I have some yellow carrot seeds and some white carrot seeds, along with the ever-present orange. Can't wait to get some into the ground!
GG
GG
Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 59
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Darn - I just planted the last of my Kaleidoscope carrots & saved back some of the Nantes.I was planning to order a couple more things from Baker Creek - will add in another pack of colorful carrots.
Lindacol- Posts : 773
Join date : 2011-01-23
Location : Bloomington, CA
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Lindacol wrote:I was planning to order a couple more things from Baker Creek - will add in another pack of colorful carrots.
What a cryin' shame to have to order more seeds!
GG
Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 59
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Goosegirl wrote:Lindacol wrote:I was planning to order a couple more things from Baker Creek - will add in another pack of colorful carrots.
What a cryin' shame to have to order more seeds!
GG
This is going to be fun!
I am my gardens worst enemy.
RoOsTeR- Posts : 4299
Join date : 2011-10-04
Location : Colorado Front Range
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Looks like I'd better get busy building a couple of additional Top Hats and making a little extra compost to fill them with
bnoles- Posts : 804
Join date : 2012-08-16
Location : North GA Mountains Zone 7A
RoOsTeR- Posts : 4299
Join date : 2011-10-04
Location : Colorado Front Range
Re: Carrot Week 2013
were in ....hubby, son, daughter and me
lets hope this year our carrot week carrots do better then they did last year.....we had 0% to harvest old seeds and critter problems.....
we will have to come up with a better plan ....hmmm
the kids are excited about having the carrots be differnt colors
happy gardening
rose
lets hope this year our carrot week carrots do better then they did last year.....we had 0% to harvest old seeds and critter problems.....
we will have to come up with a better plan ....hmmm
the kids are excited about having the carrots be differnt colors
happy gardening
rose
FamilyGardening- Posts : 2422
Join date : 2011-05-10
Location : Western WA
Re: Carrot Week 2013
I am in. My first crop was a flop. I mixed them in under the tomatoes. Punie would have been a success. Last fall I tried again much better results some made the 4 inch range. I planted too many seed for the space and did not thin.
Pepper- Posts : 563
Join date : 2012-03-04
Location : Columbus, Ga
Re: Carrot Week 2013
I'm up for it .. will have to buy more seed .
I have already got six or seven packets of seeds for normal carrots .
Alison told me , " Don't bother buying those fancy seed you're looking at, we have enough carrot seeds to feed a horse & foal for a year ".
I have already got six or seven packets of seeds for normal carrots .
Alison told me , " Don't bother buying those fancy seed you're looking at, we have enough carrot seeds to feed a horse & foal for a year ".
plantoid- Posts : 4091
Join date : 2011-11-09
Age : 73
Location : At the west end of M4 in the UK
Re: Carrot Week 2013
plantoid wrote:I'm up for it .. will have to buy more seed .
I have already got six or seven packets of seeds for normal carrots .
Alison told me , " Don't bother buying those fancy seed you're looking at, we have enough carrot seeds to feed a horse & foal for a year ".
Lol, mom knows best
David, I've searched all over here in the US for true black carrots. Very dark purples can be found, but not true blacks. At least not that I can find. I've seen they are more readily available on your side of the pond. I would love to have someone here be able to plant some true blacks.
I've found some dark purples here:
http://www.territorialseed.com/product/12052
And Amazon has some that have a good rating as well:
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Knight-Carrot-100-Seeds/dp/B001OK619Y
Just in case anyone is interested
I am my gardens worst enemy.
RoOsTeR- Posts : 4299
Join date : 2011-10-04
Location : Colorado Front Range
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Springing in
I've not done carrot week with the board, but I did it every year.... that doesn't make sense, right. This year I'm not doing a Toy Box thread, Gwennifer and the gang at the PNW do such an awesome job that it is silly. So this year I'm a joiner.
Debs....who wonders if she can get some of these to grow sideways.
Re: Carrot Week 2013
I've just been looking at the seed sources in my favourites drop down .. can't find any black ones as such , just a few purple ones like the Amazon link but no blacks .
Quest for the week ?????? .....Source black carrot seeds ???
Quest for the week ?????? .....Source black carrot seeds ???
plantoid- Posts : 4091
Join date : 2011-11-09
Age : 73
Location : At the west end of M4 in the UK
Re: Carrot Week 2013
I found one in the back of my refrigerator once..... but I would not even think of eating it.plantoid wrote: Quest for the week ?????? .....Source black carrot seeds ???
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Debs, Black carrot seeds ..not rotting black carrrots.
plantoid- Posts : 4091
Join date : 2011-11-09
Age : 73
Location : At the west end of M4 in the UK
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Lol. Debs it's great to see you on the forums and joining our carrot week fun!
I am my gardens worst enemy.
RoOsTeR- Posts : 4299
Join date : 2011-10-04
Location : Colorado Front Range
Re: Carrot Week 2013
You should ask Josh, he had an entire box dedicated to black veggies. I don't remember if he had carrots, I will try to find the thread!plantoid wrote:I've just been looking at the seed sources in my favourites drop down .. can't find any black ones as such , just a few purple ones like the Amazon link but no blacks .
Quest for the week ?????? .....Source black carrot seeds ???
cheyannarach- Posts : 2035
Join date : 2012-03-21
Location : Custer, SD
Re: Carrot Week 2013
I'm in! I didn't have enough carrots last year. So, this year - year 2 of SFG'ng - I'm planting every carrot seed that I have, plus I'm heading to the store right now for colored ones.
Is daikon a white carrot?
CC
Is daikon a white carrot?
CC
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6811
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Is daikon a white carrot?
No, it's a radish. Or at least a root vegetable that tastes like a radish.
I am my gardens worst enemy.
RoOsTeR- Posts : 4299
Join date : 2011-10-04
Location : Colorado Front Range
Re: Carrot Week 2013
plantoid wrote:I've just been looking at the seed sources in my favourites drop down .. can't find any black ones as such , just a few purple ones like the Amazon link but no blacks .
Quest for the week ?????? .....Source black carrot seeds ???
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Knight-Carrot-100-Seeds/dp/B001OK619Y
Says it's the first near black carrot.
More info on black carrots:
http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/blackcarrot.html
try EBAY
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3902.m570.l1313&_nkw=black+carrot+seeds&_sacat=0&_from=R40
Last edited by Lindacol on 2/5/2013, 3:16 pm; edited 2 times in total (Reason for editing : add info)
Lindacol- Posts : 773
Join date : 2011-01-23
Location : Bloomington, CA
Re: Carrot Week 2013
Josh may have some ideas since he did his Back in Black garden last season.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
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