Wednesday, July 25, 2007

carrot love



I found this intertwined pair this morning when I was thinning carrot plants. I generally hate the idea of thinning anything in the garden, but at least these were big enough to eat.

7 comments:

barefoot gardener said...

That is so cool! Now it is my turn to be jealous. My carrots had a very low germination rate, and the ones that did start to grow were all bunched together so that I had to thin them before they were edible.

Lynne at Hasty Brook said...

Ooh, sweet carrot love! LOL! That's a nice rock you've got there too!

Deb said...

Barefoot Gardener- My carrots had a low germination rate too, and the ones that grew were all clumped together like yours. I do like eating the thinned out ones that are big enough to eat though.

Lynne- That's about a 2x3 sandstone boulder that was unearthed when we had this land bulldozed a few years back. It's next to one of my pitifully neglected rock gardens (the one the lupine is in) and near my favorite young white pine tree. A nice place to sit and think, if I ever had the time!

Larry said...

I love fresh carrots, but they seems tedious to plant, and don't come ou that well in my yard.

Deb said...

Larry- I have never had that great of luck with carrots, but I keep hoping...

RuthieJ said...

Hi Deb,
Cute carrots. Isn't it fun to find something unusual in the garden?

The rock is also very cool--is it somewhere in your yard?

Deb said...

RuthieJ- Yes, it's a very cool rock. Our land is full of these; this one is right next to one of my perennial gardens, and it's a great sitting place.