DIY Foodie

Here are the very first two carrots from my garden! I planted these puppies way back before Thanksgiving, and today I saw one peeking out of the ground and decided it was time for it to be on my plate!

I was a little worried that carrots, like potatoes, might become toxic when exposed to sunlight. The top did appear a little green, so I looked it up, and it turns out they’re fine. However, while not toxic, these “sunburned” green tops aren’t tasty, so I was sure to cut them off.

The bottom carrot is a bit knobby, probably due to the extremely dense clay soil I was growing them in. Hopefully I’ll have some more compost in there next time so that won’t be a problem.

So what about that big split down the top carrot? That’s fine. Turns out that split comes from too much growth too fast. Like little carrot stretch marks. Unsightly, perhaps, but who am I to discriminate?