Carrots in the Spring

Last year we grew some carrots in our garden.  We enjoyed them in the late summer and fall.  We didn't grow many so we didn't preserve any but enjoyed sweet and fresh carrots from the garden. 

A couple of weeks ago when we were perparing the garden for the planting we found some carrots we didn't harvest last fall.  It is somewhat amazing but they were still good.  We enjoyed a mild winter so the ground never froze hard enough to damage the carrots yet the cool ground kept them fresh all winter long.

We had to cull some of them out.  A few were a bit woody and some were quite gnarly.  They were not quite as sweet as young carrots but they were surprisingly tasty.  We enjoyed a couple of good meals with our carrots.  One was simply cooked carrots.  The other meal they added flavor and great color to a pot of soup.

We typically use Thrive Carrots for recipes that call for chopped carrots.  They are easy.  No chopping, no mess, no carrots going bad in the fridge.  Simply use what we need and put the can back in the cupboard.   However, it was a treat to have fresh carrots from the garden in the spring.

It is now time to plant some more!