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| Carrots and Parsnips |
We had our first snowfall of the year earlier than "usual," if snowfall can be usual in the Pacific Northwest. Thankfully, we're not without food in the garden. The carrots and parsnips will stay in the ground throughout the winter until it warms up again. We'll harvest them all by spring before they start to grow anew and become woody. We should have mounded the rows with straw and soil before the freeze, but since we didn't, it took a little searching in the snow-covered unmarked rows and a pitchfork to loosen the frozen ground, but I found them! Yes, I could have waited a few days until the snow melted, but our menu called for them
this week. It is so nice to have fresh vegetables in the middle of winter. They are not quite as sweet as they were in the spring, but they are so crisp and last a long time in the fridge.
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In search of the carrots...
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