Pointy Thing Confuses Kids

[oggbashan]

Carrot envy

My brother has wonderful soil in his garden.

The loam is about six foot deep and beautiful for growing anything.

My garden has areas of heavy clay and some passable soil.

I planted carrots. They grew about two inches (50mm) long before they found the soil(?) impenetrable and stopped.

He threw a few carrot seeds onto his garden. They grew as perfectly tapered long cones ten inches (250mm) long and he could pull them out by hand. I lifted mine with a chisel between the cracks in the clay.

His tasted wonderful. Mine? The rabbits refused them.

Og

 

[SensualCealy]

Og you would be surprised at how finiky carrots can be when it comes to planting. I can grow almost anything in my garden except for carrots . Our garden gets too much sun, and Ive seen the odd bunny hopping threw it. Wonder what they are after? lol

A good load of peatmoss, poop of some sort, as long as it isnt human, and lots of water will help you out alot. Those fancy fertilizers are a waste of money, dont bother with them!

Good luck and happy munching (on carrots! hehe he)!
Cealy

 

[SlickTony]

I'm constantly amazed how people know nothing about corn.

IME Europeans don't know from corn, per se. I mean, what they used to call corn--after all, the guy in The Mayor of Casterbridge was a corn factor--was really wheat or barley or something, right? My husband had a German teacher who was actually from Germany and when she encountered real corn, American corn, she thought it was disgusting.

Box, I like to eat carrots the same way--from the outside in.

 

[lilith1979]

My kids love carrots! For a spell there, they didn't. But then they ate carrots w/ Bubby, and now they love them!