Growing a Cool Season Garden

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It's a, it's a crop that y- I think you... because it's a root crop, you can grow it just about year-round, depending on your climate.

Uh, carrots.

Mm-hmm.

I have actually never tried growing them in the summer here, 'cause I think we're too hot.

I think the roots would be too woody.

It's generally a fall crop into, into spring in our area.

But yeah, carrots can be easy to grow.

Depends on your soil.

They do like to have deep, loose soil, you know, no stones or clods in them.

Um, if you have real heavy soil, there are varieties that are shorter and can... maybe a little sturdier and can tunnel right through that clay.

But they typically like to have a real loose soil, and you can get that if you have a raised bed.

You know, if you're...

Like, we have clay here.

I couldn't grow carrots in my s- ground.

I have... can do it in a raised bed or, or a large container.

And you're absolutely right.

If...

Or if you have rocky soil too, you... and, and you wanna grow carrots, it m- might be a good idea to grow the shorter varieties like Danver's Half Long.

Mm-hmm.

And like Danvers and there's a, a type that's called a Chantenay, and they're real blunt and sturdier.

They're, they're thicker at the top, and they can just power their way through heavy soils easier than the ones you find at the grocery store, which typically are the Imperator types.

Mm-hmm.

They're long and slender, and you really need to have good, loose, deep soil to grow those varieties.

Yep.

[gentle music] Oh, boy, here we go.

It's a, it's a crop that y- I think you... because it's a root crop, you can grow it just about year-round, depending on your climate.

Uh, carrots.

Mm-hmm.

I have actually never tried growing them in the summer here, 'cause I think we're too hot.

I think the roots would be too woody.

It's generally a fall crop into, into spring in our area.

But yeah, carrots can be easy to grow.

Depends on your soil.

They do like to have deep, loose soil, you know, no stones or clods in them.

Um, if you have real heavy soil, there are varieties that are shorter and can... maybe a little sturdier and can tunnel right through that clay.

But they typically like to have a real loose soil, and you can get that if you have a raised bed.

You know, if you're...

Like, we have clay here.

I couldn't grow carrots in my s- ground.

I have... can do it in a raised bed or, or a large container.

And you're absolutely right.

If...

Or if you have rocky soil too, you... and, and you wanna grow carrots, it m- might be a good idea to grow the shorter varieties like Danver's Half Long.

Mm-hmm.

And like Danvers and there's a, a type that's called a Chantenay, and they're real blunt and sturdier.

They're, they're thicker at the top, and they can just power their way through heavy soils easier than the ones you find at the grocery store, which typically are the Imperator types.

Mm-hmm.

They're long and slender, and you really need to have good, loose, deep soil to grow those varieties.

Yep.