This is a carrot grown by Sandy and Mickey Bradley.  Florida garden, raised bed, very fluffy soil.  Not everybody can grow carrots like THIS....but....I thought you'd like to see it.

 

OK....back to NC.... If you love carrots, radishes, turnips, beets...it's time to plant seeds in the garden.  It's a little early for potatoes, but while you're out there and enjoying the beautiful weather, just do it!!!   My calendar shows April 1, 2, and 3 as good planting days for root crops and perennials. 

 

What perennials don't mind the cold....oh, wait!!  Perennials live year after year; they have their own ways of dealing with the seasons.  So now might be a good time to plant Hostas, azaleas, rhodies, ferns, clematis, echinacea, Shasta daisy, peony, phlox.  Check out the garden center in your area.  If they are selling them now, it's time to plant.  

 

Not annuals, though, not yet.  The garden center probably has some for sale, but we still have cold nights ahead.  You CAN plant geraniums and marigolds now, but you will most likely have to REPLANT after they freeze to death.  So let's wait on the annuals.  And start with root crops and perennials.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!