OMG Purple Carrots!
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felis_lupusFresh from the garden, beautiful (except for that one on the right...) purple carrots! Delicious! Nutritious! Purple!
'Purple Haze' is the variety. I didn't expect the deep color to go so far into the root itself. The purple ones that came out of the 'carnival' blend packet are skin-only. Johnny's has a variety that is called 'Deep Purple', where nearly the entirety of the edible part is supposed to turn purple. I must obtain them... their seed crop keeps failing, though... perhaps not the most stable of cultivars. 'Purple Rain' is another possibility for more purple-ness...
Very happy with the carrots, in general, this year. These were just weird. They have purple juice from the outer part, which I'm sure would stain white linens and such, but they make a darned interesting stir-fry.
I also read recently, and rejoiced in reading, that the horrific Late Blight that wiped out most of the tomato/potato/other nightshade family crops in this area will not overwinter. The freezing temps that we get up here will kill the spores that are in the soil, so our tomatoes should be safe next summer. Yay! Exception to this would be potatoes... if there are any infected tubers still in the ground, they need to be dug up and destroyed, or buried at least two feet deep... Take heed, save your gardens! Still essential to clean clean clean this fall, too.
'Purple Haze' is the variety. I didn't expect the deep color to go so far into the root itself. The purple ones that came out of the 'carnival' blend packet are skin-only. Johnny's has a variety that is called 'Deep Purple', where nearly the entirety of the edible part is supposed to turn purple. I must obtain them... their seed crop keeps failing, though... perhaps not the most stable of cultivars. 'Purple Rain' is another possibility for more purple-ness...
Very happy with the carrots, in general, this year. These were just weird. They have purple juice from the outer part, which I'm sure would stain white linens and such, but they make a darned interesting stir-fry.
I also read recently, and rejoiced in reading, that the horrific Late Blight that wiped out most of the tomato/potato/other nightshade family crops in this area will not overwinter. The freezing temps that we get up here will kill the spores that are in the soil, so our tomatoes should be safe next summer. Yay! Exception to this would be potatoes... if there are any infected tubers still in the ground, they need to be dug up and destroyed, or buried at least two feet deep... Take heed, save your gardens! Still essential to clean clean clean this fall, too.
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Date: 2009-10-25 01:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-25 02:12 pm (UTC)They taste like normal carrots, really... I don't think any different. I do have one that I didn't cut up, so I can compare a nice fresh garden carrot to a store bought, been-in-the-bag-for-who-knows-how-long baby one. :) Fresh is always better.
The white ones that I grew had a slightly milder taste than regular, but I don't see much difference overall. Maybe I'm not a connoisseur yet.