Keep Carrot Fly at Bay with Netting & Companions
Carrot Fly has an annoying habit of ruining the roots, so that instead of pulling up beautiful carrots like the ones pictured, you end up pulling up a sad looking…
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Roast Carrot with Kale & Halloumi in Marmalade Dressing
Marmalade is our secret ingredient for this winter salad – it’s such a great one for cooking up carrots, and any leftovers can be chucked in a stir-fry the following…
Roast Carrots, Parsnips & Kale with Honey & Thyme
This is a lovely way of cooking roast carrots and parsnips, and mixed with the kale, it makes a brilliant all-in-one dish of root veggies and greens. You could use…
Roasted Carrot with Tahini
This is an easy recipe that makes carrots into really quite a special side dish. Great with some flat bread and mezze, or served with other roasted veggies and/or meat….
Problems with your Carrot Crop?
Here are a few common problems that you may encounter when you pull up your carrots this season!
Carrots with Ginger & Lime
Carrots are a bit of a star in the veg patch, but are often not celebrated in the kitchen. This recipe gives them a bit of a twist, with ginger…
Growing carrots/parsnips in clay soil – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
If you’ve been reading my diary posts, you’ll know that I have been using the no-dig approach to growing your own. Essentially what this means is that I use a…
Storing carrots, beetroot, onions & potatoes
You may be harvesting quite a lot of beets, carrots and onions around about now, and hopefully maincrop potatoes will be next. Storing these underground delights properly will give you…
Pest of the month: Carrot Fly
Each month we take a little look at a common garden pest. This month, we’re talking about Carrot Fly. Carrot Fly has an annoying habit of ruining the roots, so…
Top Tips for Top Carrots
If, last year, you managed to grow oddly shaped, gnarly or dumpy carrots, then you need to read this little growing guide for a top crop… Carrots like light, sandy…
How to grow perfectly shaped carrots
If you’ve harvested your carrots lately only to find that they look a bit, well, blobby and mangled, then the answer lies in better soil and better spacing. There’s still…
My carrots have split their sides. Why?
Sometimes when you harvest your carrots, you may find that they have cracked up. Not in a “that was hilarious” kind of way, but in a “we got a bit…