What's Up, Doc?

Carrots, that's what! Would you look at these babies?!

Yes - those my friends, are colored carrots. They cane from a packet of seeds called kaleidoscope or something like that. There are supposed to be the standard orange, but also purple, white, and red. Isn't that cool?! Mom and I thought so when we found them and bought 'em. She took some home with her when she visited in May.

If you didn't know, carrot seeds are super tiny. The way you plant them is to take a pinch of them and sprinkle them over the dirt where you want to plant then. Then a thin layer of dirt, water, etc. 

My carrots have been up for a while, and one of the parts of this process I've not been looking forward to is thinning them. They have to be thinned so that the ones that are left will actually grow into regular carrot size. If you've read anything here, then you know how I hate throwing out live plants... *sigh*

Something in a book I read though said not to think of it as throwing out or ending live plants, but as an early harvest. So I brought these in and am going to try them tomorrow. I also, well, I'll admit it. I um, transplanted a lot of the carrots I pulled up into an empty tub, lol. No idea if they'll grow or not, but at least I'm giving them a chance, right? 

Anyway - at least something's growing aside from basil, lol. I need to get out there this weekend and do a good once over, add some fertilizer, etc. I will, of course, let you know how it goes, ha ha!

:)