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Pick up some seed packets from a local nursery, Chico Natural Foods or S&S produce. Choose varieties that look appealing to you and grow well in early spring. Select a couple different varieties of each so that you can find out what you like best. Local gardening expert David Grau recommends the Nantes variety of carrots for this area. Prep your soil. If you don't have gardening space established, do not delay! You can build simple raised beds with wooden boards, or just dig up some weeds or grass somewhere in your yard. To build nutrient rich soil, you can purchase bags of organic potting soil, or talk to the folks at Durham Worm Farm - they offer wonderful custom mixes of compost, worm castings and more to help improve your soil. Plant seeds. Carrots,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], radishes and other root vegetables should be planted directly in the soil. It's best to start by watering the soil if it's not already moist. The seed packet will guide you on the depth and spacing of the seeds. Or you can try my method of creatively planting them together...
I recommend labeling each planted row. It's good to include the date so you can record how long it takes for the plant to grow. I wrote on a cut up juice container with a Sharpie to make the tags pictured here.
This is "just do it gardening." Nothing has to be perfect and it's an ongoing experiment. Have fun!
How to plant radishes and carrots:
SPACE-SAVING TIP: Carrots like to be planted about 12 inches apart. Mark out your rows and plant accordingly. Then, you can plant a row of radishes between each row of carrots. This works because the radishes are going to grow faster than the carrots (you'll be eating them in about 3-4 weeks!). Once you harvest the radish,tory burch sale, the carrots will have a full foot to stretch out in. So just alternate your planting of carrots and radishes at six inch intervals.