Doesn't take much to make a gardener excited........

[boggybranch]

.....does it? This is my first, EVER, carrot. It ain't straight...but it's a carrot.

 

[nittygrittydirtdigger]

It's a lovely carrot. Unique and attractive in its own way....

 

[Southern Gardener]

It's beautiful!

 

[lesa]

Yeah!!!! How exciting! How did it taste??

 

[boggybranch]

Yeah!!!! How exciting! How did it taste??

Hmmmmm......I didn't know carrots were supposed to taste that sweet and carrotty.

 

[lesa]

Such a difference between the poor, old dried out ones at the grocery store!!! Love that garden produce!

 

[journey11]

That's a nice sized carrot, boggy.

Last year was the first time I grew carrots too. Yet another thing the local nay-sayers say you can't grow around here. But I found that adding enough compost/manure to my red clay and growing a shorter type of carrot, I can do fine just fine with them. And they are soooooo much better homegrown than store-bought. I can't get over how much more carrot flavor they have. Love them in chicken and dumplings or chicken soup! I didn't do so well trying to store mine for winter though. Not enough humidity in my basement. But until I get a root cellar built (hopefully by the end of this summer), I will just chop and freeze them. Quicker to cook with anyway.

 

[vfem]

Hooray!!! It is 10x bigger then my first carrot came out. You should be VERY proud. :tools

 

[hoodat]

I have a lot of rocks in my ground so I have trouble growing a deep rooted one but I can grow the globe carrots just fine, They are round and about the size of a golf ball. hey're delicious.

 

[Kim_NC]

Nice looking carrot! Congrats!