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The carrots are up!

20 years ago

What a beautiful afternoon. The carrots are up! Now I just wish the rest of the garden bed looked like it had received as much fertilizer.

Dena

My gloves are also in the picture for size comparison.

Here is a link that might be useful: carrots behind the fence

Comments (9)

  • 20 years ago

    They are quite impressive! It makes me wonder why you don't grow normal carrots all around them (you can eat them, I'm told ;) for effect. We're growing some really interesting purple carrots at the moment.

  • 20 years ago

    Wow, jumbo carrots. A vegetarians dream come true. Your sooooo talented.

    SereneSeen

  • 20 years ago

    Dena! The entire display is wonderful! Great carrots! Cooool Peas!

    Viewing it, I was suddenly transported back to the dinner table of my childhood when my innocent grandmother would warn that my sister, brother and I had better "Eat every carrot and pea on our plate," which of course caused the three of us to get absolutely hysterical. She, naturally, didn't understand the literal adolescent mind at first but quickly caught on and laughed with us, which endeared her to us even more. We did indeed finish those vegetables that night.

    Thanks for the great photos as well as the trip down memory lane.

    Amanda

  • 20 years ago

    I only heard comments as a kid about peas and carrots. I liked peas, NEVER ever EVER should carrots or peas be canned though! Fresh is definitely best. We had a small garden and my dad worked in an area where there were farms a couple of summers and would get to go in after the machinery and pick to his hearts content...
    My dad always recited, "I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life, It makes the peas taste funny, but it keeps them on my knife."

    Nathan,
    The bed the peas and carrots are in was the bed we did wonderful vegetable gardening when the kids were younger. However we fought slugs and cut worms and the weather, as we would go away for a couple of the hottest weeks. We live close enough to enjoy a wonderful Saturday market with beautiful vegetables all summer into the fall.
    We have a small wheelbarrow of basil, spinach, lettuce and this year I planted globe carrots, but none of the seed has surfaced.
    Dena

  • 20 years ago

    absolutely love those carrots. GREAT job. such talent.

    now go have some fun with the aparagus

  • 20 years ago

    Great job on the carrots!
    What's next in your veggie garden?
    Love them!
    Laurel

  • 20 years ago

    Cool carrots, and way less maintenance than the former veggie garden from the sounds of it.
    Cindy

  • 20 years ago

    I'm thinking Jack and his magic bean stalk are next? :)

    The carrots remind me of a Looney Toon cartoon that had giant carrots, was it a bugs bunny one?

    You are having fun playing with your vegetables, aren't you? You and tufa go together like peas and carrots.

    Ok ok, I'll stop now. ;)
    Good job!
    Wylee

  • 20 years ago

    How neat! Dena strikes again! Go girl!

    And "where's that shilly wrabbit???" He's missing out on some great looking snacks in your garden!

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