Garden and Green

Credit Crunch Brings About Louder Carrot Crunch

The credit crunch and rising food prices has resulted in record numbers of Brits planning to vegetable garden this season. One of the most popular crops is the carrot. To less seasoned observers a carrot is a carrot..... well sort of but like everything they come in all shapes, tastes and sizes. Here are just a few types that can be sown as seed this spring. According to experts one thing can be certain....the Carrot crunch later this year will be very severe, one of the loudest and crunchiest since records began no less.

Danver's Half Long Carrot £1.35

Sweet, crunchy, bright orange carrots are an ideal vegetable for eating fresh or cooked and may be stored throughout the winter without losing their crispness.

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Carrot Mokum F1 £1.85

New variety, slender pencils with a light juicy and crispy texture.

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Parmex £1.75

If you keep losing golf balls you could always grow a crop of these gorgeously globed carrots. Rich in vitamin A and ideal for shallow soils and the window box gardeners favourite.

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Purple Haze F1 Hybrid £0.99

And for those that carrots only came in a variety of shades of orange, the Purple Haze. Perfect raw for crunchy buffet dips.

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