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Post by 12540dumont on Nov 2, 2017 11:55:52 GMT -5
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Nov 2, 2017 12:38:15 GMT -5
12540dumont asked me to post the following: These are Richard's Benhorn carrots (and my foot a ginormous size 7!) Carrots are about the same size!  |
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Post by 12540dumont on Nov 2, 2017 12:55:02 GMT -5
Thank you Joseph!
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Post by richardw on Nov 2, 2017 14:16:38 GMT -5
Done well, more stocker than how they grow for me, shows i have deep loose soil
Must be getting cold Joesph, youve got ya boots on now
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Nov 2, 2017 16:09:48 GMT -5
Must be getting cold Joesph, youve got ya boots on now Holly's carrots and boots, in sunny California. Edited previous post... Winter is nigh, and I'm still gloriously barefoot. Ran 0.85 miles today, and walked 1.35 miles. For those that don't follow my social media exploits, I started transitioning to barefoot living about 9 months ago, and stopped wearing shoes altogether about 4 months ago except for specialized tasks like beekeeping.  |
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Post by reed on Nov 2, 2017 18:53:56 GMT -5
Don't know much about beehives but pretty sure your not supposed to stick yer feet in em.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Nov 2, 2017 19:09:01 GMT -5
Don't know much about beehives but pretty sure your not supposed to stick yer feet in em.  |
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Post by StripedCorn on Nov 2, 2017 19:24:04 GMT -5
Those are some nice looking carrots.
The idea of not ever wearing shoes is quite intimidating to me. I almost always wear two pairs of socks and steel toed boots.
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Post by richardw on Nov 2, 2017 23:04:39 GMT -5
I'm a bare footed fella most of the time too, but no where as much as Joseph. You cant be too far away from chucking some clogs surely.
One question Joseph, so are they not even your legs in those boots.
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Post by richardw on Nov 2, 2017 23:06:31 GMT -5
Those are some nice looking carrots. The idea of not ever wearing shoes is quite intimidating to me. I almost always wear two pairs of socks and steel toed boots. You would make a good Australian, to dangerous going bare foot over there |
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Post by steev on Nov 2, 2017 23:31:25 GMT -5
As a kid, I went barefoot all Summer; no way I'd go barefoot in Oakland today: broken glass; discarded spikes; used condoms; dog-shit; so many things I'd not want between my toes. However, $20 sneakers work as well for me as $150 sneakers assembled by some barely-paid kid in the third world.
I wear (really!) cheap boots on the farm, because there could be the occasional rattlesnake; Sukey might try to nip me, and there is always spikey seed of brome, star-thistle, and the threat of puncture vine.
Now about carrots; what is the best footwear for kicking them out of the ground? Steel-toed boots, or does that bruise them too much?
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Post by richardw on Nov 3, 2017 0:06:14 GMT -5
Nope, ya pull em bare footed man, just make sure you dont grow them to big that ya cant get them between the big toe and #2 in the ranking.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Nov 3, 2017 9:58:06 GMT -5
One question Joseph, so are they not even your legs in those boots. They're my legs in those boots. It was so unusual for me to be wearing shoes, that it needed to be memorialized in a photo. Those are my "beekeeping boots". They stay right next to the beekeeping suit. I wore shoes for about 16 hours this summer. More than half of that while beekeeping. I put on shoes to help my neighbor clean her field, because it had a lot of dry thistles in it. I don't allow dry thistles in my fields. I wore shoes for the first squash picking day, but afterwards my feet, knees, and hips hurt so bad that I didn't wear them for the succeeding squash picking days. One benefit of being unshod, is that it slows me down. Keeps me focused on the present moment. I enjoy the process of life more. Digging carrots barefooted is problematic. Hard to use a digging fork without shoes. I found a shovel with huge foot landing pads. |
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Nov 3, 2017 12:19:12 GMT -5
The carrots did well this year. Had to pick the ones that went directly to seed since they didn't grow a root at all really. From baker creek as well. Does this mean contaminated with qweens anne lace? Anyway left the ones that did not go to seed in the fist year and may of those became quite large. Left most for seed next year or cut the tops off and replanted them after i ate them.
I too go mostly barefoot in the spring and summer when i go to the garden. It's just a nice feeling to not have to worry about putting shoes on. nice to hear others do the same.
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Post by richardw on Nov 3, 2017 14:44:46 GMT -5
Talking of Queens anne lace, a gardening friend was telling me that his carrot seed crop now throws well over 50% to QAL because it grows wild out on his roadside, that was just in the one generation. keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) the ones you pulled did they have the white root?, if not, i think bolters are a sign of poor selection by who every grew that seed crop. The Benhorn carrot ive sown for a number of years in and around the shortest day in June under clear plastic, the idea is to expose those with early bolting tendencies, the last couple of seed crops produced no bolters, the first time sowing early like this as much as 50% bolted during the following summer. A lady i know 5 mins drive from here had a row of an unknown variety of carrot (orange,Chantenay type) go to seed, she hadn't got round to pulling them out from the previous summer, they showed no signs of male sterility either. She's got no QAL within 1km so i mixed some of that seed with my Benhorn a year or so ago, results were i pulled a few (2-3%) during last summer which would have come from her seed. So Benhorn is now getting a real injection of new genetics ATM with three other carrots, there's about 100 plants in the photo. For a closer look - vgy.me/yBar0B.jpg |
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