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  • From: Keith B <bartermn AT epix.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Carrots
  • Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:24:34 -0500

Gene GeRue wrote:

My other primary recall is hours of sitting on the ground pulling
tiny weeds and thinning tiny carrot plants. My last upset was finding
that my substantial crop did not last the winter in the root cellar,
buried in sand on a dirt floor, never frozen. That scheme is part of
my Wisconsin indoctrination. Today, in southern Missouri, I would try
leaving them in the ground covered by dry grass and leaves.


Yeah, I usually thin them good once and let them be. We had an early freeze with heavy snow a few years back and didn't harvest the carrots until January. I remember forking up big bunches of frozen dirt packed with baby carrots, perfect for pickling.






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