Did you know carrots used to be purple?
The orange ones we eat today are a more recent variety.
Has anyone grown purple carrots before?
How did they turn out?
📬 Did You Know? Gardening Facts
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Re: 📬 Did You Know? Gardening Facts
*Did you know?
Cardinals don’t migrate - their bright red feathers help them defend territory even in deep winter.*
Cardinals don’t migrate - their bright red feathers help them defend territory even in deep winter.*
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Re: 📬 Did You Know? Gardening Facts
One year I sowed some carrots;canadian-gardening wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2026 12:15 pmDid you know carrots used to be purple?
The orange ones we eat today are a more recent variety.
Has anyone grown purple carrots before?
How did they turn out?
When it was time to harvest they were not all the colours that I sowed.
It was interest - I ate them fresh - they tasted like carrots.
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Re: 📬 Did You Know? Gardening Facts
I have these all year.canadian-gardening wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2026 12:54 pm*Did you know?
Cardinals don’t migrate - their bright red feathers help them defend territory even in deep winter.*
Fun to see the parents feeding their babies.