Grow Heirloom Carrots in the Home Vegetable Garden

Carrots have been a useful food staple as early as the 900s when yellow carrots were first noted in Turkey. carrots grow wild all over the Mediterranean and historian-foodies believe that they may have originated somewhere around Afghanistan. Although those carrots came in colors of red, white, and purple. It was the Dutch in the 1600s who brought us the traditional orange carrots of today.

Don't underestimate heirloom carrots in the home vegetable garden. Many of them perform every bit as well as the more common grocery store varieties.

Interested in reading more on heirloom vegetables? Check out Striped and Bi-Colored Heirloom Tomatoes , White Heirloom Tomato Varieties , and The Definition of Heirloom Vegetables .

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