winter garden - carrots for sure

The carrots have survived well. I dug a dozen or so yesterday and ate many of the smaller ones. They are good. Not quite as sweet as new but very edible and would not be a challenge to eat should the necessity arise. There are probably 50 pounds available so we will have to give many away.

I did not get the compost on top as I had hoped but the two inches of garden soil protected them from freezing. Some I had in pots are quite damaged so I can see the difference.

Of course, the onions, garlic, and shallots are (appear to be) doing well. I will look closer when I get the weeds cleaned up. That yard-waste compost had a bad weed in it. I think we will have Swiss chard too.

To think that last year in February I planted 16 carrots in a pot in the house and harvested three or four several months later. I like this gardening year much better so far.