This week it’s: Crops of carrots
We look at a root vegetable that comes in a variety of colours
CARROTS are one of the most useful crops you can grow. You can chop, boil and mash them, or roast them, or use them in stews, or purée them, or juice them, or eat them raw. Also, they are easy – if you have a light or sandy soil, you’d find it hard to not grow a good crop. This is the peak month for sowing, so let’s look at some of the stories surrounding this versatile root crop.
■ We tend to imagine that eating raw veg is better for us. But it’s not true of
