Happy Thanksgiving!

[Chuckie]

Happy Thanksgiving to all.
How many of you are baking this thursday with vegtables you so
diligently worked to raise this past summer.
I will not be because I all my plants died from the frost months ago
and I never got around to planting the pumkin seeds I still have.
Oh well thats why theres a walmart
Happy Thanksgiving
Chuckie in the frozen north! zone 5

[Cheryl Isaak]

On 11/22/05 10:09 PM, in article
. com, "Chuckie"
> wrote:

> Happy Thanksgiving to all.
> How many of you are baking this thursday with vegtables you so
> diligently worked to raise this past summer.
> I will not be because I all my plants died from the frost months ago
> and I never got around to planting the pumkin seeds I still have.
> Oh well thats why theres a walmart
> Happy Thanksgiving
> Chuckie in the frozen north! zone 5
>

I won't be cooking anything I grew because I eaten the tomatoes already and
the herbs are long since gone.

But I will be roasting root veggies all day in preparation of driving to my
aunt's house for the day.

Cheryl

[presley]

I do still have tomatoes from my garden, which we did not eat today - but
everyone who wanted one got one little piece of parsnip harvested today and
roasted in the pan with the duck.....yum

"Cheryl Isaak" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/22/05 10:09 PM, in article
> . com, "Chuckie"
> > wrote:
>
>> Happy Thanksgiving to all.
>> How many of you are baking this thursday with vegtables you so
>> diligently worked to raise this past summer.
>> I will not be because I all my plants died from the frost months ago
>> and I never got around to planting the pumkin seeds I still have.
>> Oh well thats why theres a walmart
>> Happy Thanksgiving
>> Chuckie in the frozen north! zone 5
>>
>
> I won't be cooking anything I grew because I eaten the tomatoes already
> and
> the herbs are long since gone.
>
> But I will be roasting root veggies all day in preparation of driving to
> my
> aunt's house for the day.
>
> Cheryl
>

[Claire Petersky]

"Chuckie" > wrote in message
oups.com...

> How many of you are baking this thursday with vegtables you so
> diligently worked to raise this past summer.


The US Thanksgiving comes far too late in the harvest season -- Sukkot is
much more intelligently placed in the calendar, IMO.

The only vegetables I grew that appeared on the menu were potatoes. We also
had the very last of the season's chanterelles that we picked.

--
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[Ann]

"Claire Petersky" > expounded:

>The only vegetables I grew that appeared on the menu were potatoes. We also
>had the very last of the season's chanterelles that we picked.

Potatoes, brussel sprouts and carrots from the garden were on my
Thanksgiving menu this year. Pretty cool, picking brussel sprouts
three hours before they were to be cooked! The carrots were so sweet
from the frost, everything went well. Next year I'll have squash, too
(they didn't do well this year, although the cukes were awesome).
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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[Aspasia]

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:21:11 -0500, Ann > wrote:

[...]

> The carrots were so sweet
>from the frost, everything went well.

[...]

?? Hadn't heard that one. Is it actually GOOD to leave carrots in the
ground to be exposed to frost?

Basically an intellectual question, as we do not have frost, but
I am very curious.

Also, does this apply to other root crops?

Thanks

Persephone


--

"While all other sciences have advanced,
government is a standstill -- little better
prcticed now than three or four thousand
years ago." - John Adams

[Wolf Kirchmeir]

Aspasia wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:21:11 -0500, Ann > wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>
>>The carrots were so sweet
>
>>from the frost, everything went well.
>
> [...]
>
> ?? Hadn't heard that one. Is it actually GOOD to leave carrots in the
> ground to be exposed to frost?
>
> Basically an intellectual question, as we do not have frost, but
> I am very curious.
>
> Also, does this apply to other root crops?

A mild frost won't hurt, but I would harvest the carrots immediately. If
you want to keep root crops (and tubers) a cood, dark, not too dry place
is best. Such places used to be called "root cellars", and were standard
equipment on houses and farms built up into the early 20th century. My
grandmother kept carrots in a bucket filled with sand down in the
cellar. They lasted at least half the winter IIRC.

[Travis]

Aspasia wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:21:11 -0500, Ann >
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > The carrots were so sweet
> > from the frost, everything went well.
>
> [...]
>
> ?? Hadn't heard that one. Is it actually GOOD to leave carrots
> in
> the ground to be exposed to frost?
>
> Basically an intellectual question, as we do not have frost,
> but
> I am very curious.
>
> Also, does this apply to other root crops?

I don't know about carrots but it is true for parsnips.

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

[William Wagner]

In article >,
Wolf Kirchmeir > wrote:

> Aspasia wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:21:11 -0500, Ann > wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >
> >>The carrots were so sweet
> >
> >>from the frost, everything went well.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > ?? Hadn't heard that one. Is it actually GOOD to leave carrots in the
> > ground to be exposed to frost?
> >
> > Basically an intellectual question, as we do not have frost, but
> > I am very curious.
> >
> > Also, does this apply to other root crops?
>
> A mild frost won't hurt, but I would harvest the carrots immediately. If
> you want to keep root crops (and tubers) a cood, dark, not too dry place
> is best. Such places used to be called "root cellars", and were standard
> equipment on houses and farms built up into the early 20th century. My
> grandmother kept carrots in a bucket filled with sand down in the
> cellar. They lasted at least half the winter IIRC.

We have one outside made of concrete and bricks. 3 feet deep. Baskets
of roots placed in and topped with hay. Wooden top provided not perfect.
Sort of like a cool/cold humidified storage area.

Sometimes potatoes in February.

Bill

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[Ann]

Wolf Kirchmeir > expounded:

>A mild frost won't hurt, but I would harvest the carrots immediately. If
>you want to keep root crops (and tubers) a cood, dark, not too dry place
>is best. Such places used to be called "root cellars", and were standard
>equipment on houses and farms built up into the early 20th century. My
>grandmother kept carrots in a bucket filled with sand down in the
>cellar. They lasted at least half the winter IIRC.

I pile leaves on top of the beds and harvest the carrots (and beets)
well into deep winter. Sometimes things get too frozen, but usually I
can still dig in January.
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
******************************

[Ann]

"Travis" > expounded:

>I don't know about carrots but it is true for parsnips.

Next year I'll have parsnips for Thanksgiving, too! <G>
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
******************************

[dps]

I've tried the bucket of sand routine and found that the carrots got
wimpy fairly soon. It's possible that my basement was too warm.

I find it easier to leave them in the ground. I pile leaves over them
about 3' deep. The ground doesn't freeze. I put a shovel in the ground
at each end of the pile so that when the snow levels out the field I can
find the carrots, and then the shovel is always handy (although the
winter is hard on shovel handles). The carrots are crisp and sweet until
March (New England, Zone 5). After March, they start to grow again and
start to use up the sugars stored in the root so they're not as good.

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
>... A mild frost won't hurt, but I would harvest the carrots immediately. If
> you want to keep root crops (and tubers) a cood, dark, not too dry place
> is best. Such places used to be called "root cellars", and were standard
> equipment on houses and farms built up into the early 20th century. My
> grandmother kept carrots in a bucket filled with sand down in the
> cellar. They lasted at least half the winter IIRC.