Edible Roots

I love root vegetables.  Potatoes, carrots, onions, turnips everything except beets.  Not fond of beets. 

I planted the usual onions and Yukon Gold potatoes.  The onions didn't get very big this year but they are sweet and tasty just the same.  And the Yukon Golds are terrific.  Pretty good crop for the small area I planted (I have a couple more tubs of potatoes and onions).  I could have gotten more if I used deeper boxes and buried more of the potatoe plants as they grew.  But I have plenty for myself and plenty to give away to friends and neighbors.







This year I've added carrots to my list of root vegetables grown in the garden.  I purposely picked a short variety since I knew my beds probably weren't deep enough or had enough good loose soil to grow regular size carrots.

Some came out very short as you can see.  But turned out to be just the right size for popper carrots.  Trim and pop in your mouth. 









I still have sweet potatoes to harvest, but I will wait till the end of the season for them.  They usually do very well.  And I do love sweet potatoes. 

Next year, more Yukon Golds, more carrots and maybe I can get to like beets enough to plant some.