Orange Ginger

If you remember we started almost all of our plants inside in little mesh seed starters at Keturah’s Mom’s house. Some of those plants were heirloom carrots we got from a guy who has a gardening channel on YouTube. Well I was looking at them today and got to thinking that those carrots must be ready to come out, so I pulled one out. And to my surprise it was slightly misshapen, but it was orange like a carrot should be, so we decided to go ahead and eat it.


I would love to say that it was sweet and delicious just like a carrot from one’s own garden should be. But I’d be lying, it was tough and stringy and barely edible. It would seem that carrots should be plucked from the earth at a young age, and by no means should be left for months until they mature beyond their prime. Here is a picture of the rest of the carrots we pulled, we left some that were just babies in hopes that we can remember to pick them in a few weeks.

The carrot in the middle is Keturah’s favorite; she says it looks like a “flirty girl”. I’m just amused at all the weird shapes that came out due to the little flimsy mesh that was part of the seed starters. They remind us of ginger root, maybe a distance cousin or something.