Kitchen Garden

YOUR KG GROWING GUIDE TO... CARROTS

Carrots must be among the top five must-grow veggies in the UK and to be found on most veg plots across the land. Yet they are relatively cheap in the shops, so why the fascination with growing them?

Perhaps it’s the challenge of growing nice long straight roots, or the freshness of home-grown crops and the fact that they are not produced using lots of chemicals to keep away pests. Mostly for me it is the great range of varieties available, each with its own unique carroty flavour – some

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