Harvesting the carrots

We decided to plant carrots again this year, and like last year, wait for winter to harvest them. One Sunday afternoon while David was out with Ellie, clair convinced me it was time to harvest the carrots. It was a beautiful warm day, so it was a great idea. 

Clair, max and I spent a good half hour digging up about 100 carrots. It’s fun to harvest root vegetables and for us, a surprise as well. We can’t tell how big or small they will be before we expose them. Many were too small to harvest so the bunnies got a nice pile in the garden. And we were still able to find well over 50 that were at least 2-6 inches. We washed them and topped them. The kids were very helpful. They enjoy the taste of fresh garden carrots a lot. It is very different, crisp and sweeter with a very nice, non-bitter flavor. 

The next day I also made a carrot cake with them. This has become traditional now. We enjoy this little winter harvest and will be doing it again. Max is already planning for the 2020 planting.