So we finally got a mixture of beautiful, good-sized beets and carrots! This top picture features some small Cylindra, Chioggia, Bull's Blood, and Golden Detroit beets that we've been growing in a pot. A few weeks ago, their growth seemed kind of stunted; perhaps because we haven't been fortifying the soil with anything. We thought we'd just leave them until we had enough other vegetables to make a meal, and today we do!
Here is a bowl of larger beets that were growing directly in our garden. You can see four nicely-sized Chioggia around the back of the bowl, with their pinkish skins; two deep purple Cylindra on the left; and one Golden Detroit beet at the center, all yellow and bright. We have others growing that look quite promising, but we'll save them for a meal next week or the week after.
Finally, look at those carrots! Aren't they tempting? There are mixed coloured carrots, of which we only got some white and one yellow, a nice selection of Little Finger carrots, and a few little Paris Market carrots. We will probably roast these with our beets tonight. I can't wait to taste them! They are much more fragrant than store-bought carrots, and also being of a smaller size, probably much sweeter.
Jennifer
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