We pulled this carrot a couple of weeks back and knew that they were pretty much ready to harvest. We had planted 4 different varieties and I wanted to have a taste test before they were all mixed up.
Varieties are (from left to right): Tendersweet, Rainbow Mix, Danvers 1/2 long, Scarlet Nantes
Tendersweet - mild and sweet
Rainbow Mix - the purple was excellent!
Danvers 1/2 long - strong carrot taste, less sweet
Scarlet Nantes - mild carrot taste and sweet
They were all tasty but my favorite orange carrot was the Scarlet Nantes. The purple carrots were the sweetest but I'm not sure if that variety can be bought outside of the "Rainbow Mix". I ordered these seeds from Gurneys.
You can't see it, but there is a 5 gallon bucket underneath this pile full of carrots as well!
After all the tops were pulled off, we harvested one bucket full of carrots. I selected the largest and the knarliest ones for the chair.
Cleaning and scrubbing took a while, but isn't it pretty?
The boys loved this one. This one "walked" around our house for a day or two.
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