Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Carrot Harvest

A ceramic plate handpainted in blue and yellow with the figure of a woman playing a violin. On the plate are dozen tiny orange or purple carrots with their leaves.
A successful carrot harvest. Relatively speaking.

My container garden definitely isn't cut out for vegetables, but this summer has been my most successful for carrots to date. The orange ones are oxhearts (which, per the name, usually get much larger), a heirloom variety from the late 19th century; the purple ones are black Spanish carrots, a 16th century heirloom.

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