![]() Start at one end of the bed and go from there. When you are digging the carrots you might want to have an organized system for the harvest, particularly if the bed is mulched, since you can’t see where they are. You could mulch an area somewhere away from your carrots so that the voles will go there first. Wait until you’ve been hit with some cold weather for a bit so that the voles find other winter homes. If you have problems with voles, don’t put the mulch down too early. Even when the rest of the area is frosty, or even frozen, your carrots will be protected and easy to pull. With the mulch over them, the tops will die, but that’s okay. ![]() If your ground does freeze for an extended time, or you have snow cover, you would want to mulch the carrots with leaves or straw. If we are going to have snow cover or freezing ground, I harvest what I’ll need ahead of time. Here in Virginia in Zone 7, our ground rarely freezes for an extended time, so I can pull carrots most anytime I want. In that bed I plant the seed in rows to allow for carrot planting between the rows later. In the fall I broadcast rye seed, except where the carrots will be planted the following summer. They were planted on June 27, seeding into furrows hoed between rows of rye stubble. The carrots you see in the picture were pulled January 18. To have them in winter, however, I have to plant them in the summer. ![]() That’s why I don’t bother growing carrots to eat in the summer anymore - I’m spoiled by the winter carrots. Once they are kissed by the frost, they begin to sweeten up. ![]() Home Organization News, Blog, & ArticlesĮating carrots right out of the garden in the winter is a real treat.Energy Efficiency News, Blog, & Articles. ![]()
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