How's that for size?

I decided I best lift some of our beetroot and carrots and store them in peat. I've still got plently left in the ground for 'ready use', but these in store will be handy when we start to get hard frosts and I need a pick to get them up.
A good year for carrots and beetroot - no long dry periods.

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Nice one Dave If you store them in Pete, he probably won't give them back though.

 

I still can't eat sponge pudding.

 

Never had a hangover after dinner at the school I went to, but we were only allowed to drink in moderation:D

 

Only a bottle of Bucky between the table then?

 

Having another look at your pic, that carrot nearest the glove is more offensive weapon than vegetable

Its huge

 

Show off....and why not....

 

Well there's really little point in growing them small :D
If we still had a wood burner I'd get the chain saw out and log and dry a few :yess:

 

Excellent Dave.

I have a question though, and this comes from my total absence of experience of growing either carrots or beetroot.

If the beets are still in the ground now, wont they have gone woody? I thought you had to lift them while they were still actively growing, otherwise they become stringy and tough.

I'm interested because I love beetroot, and if its good for harvesting through the winter, then it is definitely on my list for next year. It probably is anyway, but winter availability is a much plus point.

 

Where can I buy MICRO Gloves then ? :-)

Jack McH

 

Just like my trainers Jack. Specially made by the National Elf Service :D

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Eh?

No, picking beets now & still no sign of woody ness.

 

Excellent. How late do you stop sowing them to get a winter crop?