Comments on: Winter Carrots http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/winter-carrots/ Education and Design for a Sustainable World Thu, 23 May 2013 11:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: MomsintheGarden http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/winter-carrots/#comment-994 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:22:04 +0000 http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/?p=1971#comment-994 I agree, Cindy, fall and winter carrots are the best! My problem is finding the space to plant them early enough. I planted some at the end of July, some in mid-August, and some September 2. The earlier ones did better. I’ve still got a bunch in a cold frame that are just holding. It’s fun to pull them in January.

I love your idea of making rye rows and planting the carrot seed in the stubble. I will definitely try to work that into my rotation.

]]> By: Cindy Conner http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/winter-carrots/#comment-981 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:41:41 +0000 http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/?p=1971#comment-981 Mary, I mention voles in this post and also in the version I wrote for Mother Earth News at http://www.motherearthnews.com/permaculture/winter-carrots.aspx. I talk about voles and potatoes at http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/potatoes-and-voles/

]]> By: Cindy Conner http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/winter-carrots/#comment-980 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:37:31 +0000 http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/?p=1971#comment-980 Dan, it’s always good to hear from someone who finds my information useful.

]]> By: Mary Furr http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/winter-carrots/#comment-978 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:19:30 +0000 http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/?p=1971#comment-978 Do you have a problem with voles eating your root veggies? Voles ate my parsnips, which I left in the ground for the winter.

]]> By: Dan McCarty http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/winter-carrots/#comment-977 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:02:16 +0000 http://homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/?p=1971#comment-977 Cindy, Love your blog. Thanks for the useful information. We have been here at StolenFlowersFarm for 16 months now, and it is an ongoing process, what with amending soil, building a greenhouse and erecting high tunnels. We are primarily cut flower growers but we grow fruits and vegetables as well as raise rabbits and chickens for personal use. Thanks for sharing. Dan

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