The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener by Joseph De Sciose

Author:Joseph De Sciose [Sciose, Joseph De]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2011-03-16T07:00:00+00:00

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“I think the ultimate goal for any gardener, especially one in northern climates, is to be able to have fresh garden produce year-round. The more you grow, the more you appreciate the incredible difference in taste and quality between homegrown and mass-produced, store-bought produce.”

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carrots

CARROTS ARE one of the most important vegetables in our year-round garden. Not only are they an easy-to-grow, low-maintenance crop, but they’re also cold tolerant and may be stored right in the soil where they’re grown for a winter-long harvest of sweet, crisp roots. In fact, as temperatures take a nosedive, in late fall, their flavor improves as the starches in the roots convert to sugar.

In terms of yield per square foot, carrots are also tops. Because they can be grown so close together and take up so little space, carrots supply a big harvest from a small plot.

But perhaps the most important reason to grow carrots is their taste. The flavor of just-dug garden carrots is sensational: crunchy, sweet, and absolutely delicious. They even smell good — fresh and earthy. Carrots are one of the few vegetables our kids will eat without my nagging; they even run up to the garden to dig a few for their lunchboxes and after-school snacks. It probably helps that, thanks to increasing demand, heirloom carrots in shades of purple, white, yellow, red, and, of course, orange have been reintroduced into seed catalogs.

Digging for carrots is also fun! Everyone loves to harvest from our “rainbow” bed, because you never know what color you’ll end up with. (I’m partial to purple.) Whatever types of carrots you choose to grow, with a basic cold frame or even just a thick layer of shredded leaves and a row cover, you’ll be able to enjoy them virtually 12 months of the year.

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