Carrots Why Grow It? Perhaps not quite for the beginner, carrots are difficult enough to grow and require a deep, light, stone free, fertile soil to do well. But if you get the soil right, you will be rewarded with a crunchy, sweet and flavoursome crop which will store well. Two or three well-timed sowings of carrots should see you self-sufficient all year round in this classic stockpot vegetable (which is full of vitamin A). The GIYer can also try out lots of different varieties of carrots (generally speaking such variety is not on offer in supermarkets). We generally associate carrots with the colour orange, when in fact you can grow carrots of other colours too - before the 1700s most carrots were purple or white in colour (the orange carrot was developed relatively recently to honour the Royal House of Orange in Holland). Sowing Carrots are best sown direct in the soil as they do not transplant well. Choose an open, sunny space in your veggie pa...
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