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I carrot believe it!
03.10.08
Colm is planning soup
‘til Spring
WHOEVER said that it hasn’t been a great year for
growing vegetables didn’t talk to Colm Moyle and his
grandchildren in Muff. Colm has been successfully
growing vegetables for years and has recently passed
the baton of giant carrot growing to a few of his 16
grandchildren. |
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Garvin, Darragh,
Anthony and even tiny Sarah all love watering and
tending the perfectly formed vegetables. So what is
their secret? The children are eager to share their
growing tips.
“We grow them in sections of plastic drainage pipes”
explains Anthony. “We put them in the ground and
filled it with potting compost. We plant three seeds
in each pipe and when the seeds sprout, only the
strongest is left to grow.” |
Garvin thinks that the
feeding is important. “We fed the carrots every week
with an organic plant food,” he adds
enthusiastically.
Darragh has measured and weighed the root. “The
largest one we grew weighs 2lb 12oz (1.25kg) and the
top of it is 18 inches across.” He tells me. “When
the long root was on it measured 3 feet,” he adds.
So would the children be eating the giant carrot?
“Ugh no!” they all say and Anthony adds, “It doesn’t
look tasty at all.” Colm steps in. “I think we are
going to be eating soup until the spring,” he says
with a wry smile. (Inishowen
Independent) |
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