| Carrot Nutritional Benefits | | | | squeeze the juice and add to the carrots. |
| Carrotscome in different shapes and sizes: the | | | | Crush a few cumin or fennel seeds and add. This |
| traditional long, tapered ones and short stubby | | | | makes a delicious salad with any meal. |
| ones. Carrot nutritional benefits contribute to | | | | How to Grow Carrot for maximum nutritional |
| speed healing when used in raw juices. The juice | | | | benefits |
| contains powerful antioxidants that are extremely | | | | - Loosen the soil up with a fork, so that the |
| useful in treating illness, like cancer, anemia, high | | | | carrots can move down into the soil easily before |
| blood pressure and depression. This bright orange, | | | | you plant. |
| easy-to-grow vegetable is a good source of | | | | - Dampen the soil before you put the seeds in. |
| beta-carotene which the body converts to vitamin | | | | - You need to make little drills no deeper than |
| A. Carrot juice promotes the desire to eat and | | | | 2cm to plant carrot seeds. |
| helps in the digestion of food. Carrots belong to | | | | - Once you have added the seed, pat down well |
| the Umbelliferae family, as do Parsnips, Dill, Cumin, | | | | and give a light sprinkle of water. |
| Fennel and Caraway. | | | | - Carrot seeds can be mixed with radish seeds |
| Carrot Nutritional Benefits | | | | and sand, then planted together. |
| - Builds healthy skin, protects the eyes | | | | - Radish is quick growing and when the radish is |
| - Keeps hair and nails in good condition | | | | ready to be picked, the carrots seedlings will be |
| - Helps keep diabetes away by regulating the | | | | standing up strong and ready, having enjoyed |
| blood sugar | | | | protection, to really push into the soil. |
| - Good for heart disease prevention | | | | - Generally the seedlings will come up in bunches |
| - Protects against cancer | | | | and be very close to each other. |
| - Improves the quality of breast milk | | | | - You need to thin the Carrot seedlings out by |
| - Carrots contain Vitamin B-complex, Vitamin C, | | | | removing a few of them, so that they are not |
| Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K | | | | too close to each other. This happens in stages |
| - Provides Calcium, Phosphorous, Iron, Sulphur and | | | | every few weeks. |
| Copper | | | | - After 6- 8 weeks, you will be get baby carrots, |
| - A carrot a day keeps diarrhea away | | | | which are a treat to eat. |
| Tips on harvesting and cooking Carrot | | | | - If you neglect to do the thinning, the carrot |
| - Give carrots a good twist when pulling them out | | | | roots will twist around each other, and not |
| the ground. | | | | produce well. |
| - Cut off the leaves right away, they draw | | | | Companions of Carrot |
| moisture and nourishment out the roots. | | | | Carrot likes to be planted near to Chives, Dill, Flax, |
| - Carrots are a versatile cooking ingredient that | | | | Lettuce, Leek, Onion, Parsley, Pea, Rosemary, |
| can be used in soups, stew and cakes, juiced. | | | | Sage and Tomato. |
| - Carrots can be a substitute for potato fries. | | | | Carrot does not like growing near Cabbage, |
| Recipe using Carrots | | | | Fennel, Kohlrabi and Potato. |
| Carrot salad | | | | Remember to wash the vegetables well, keeping |
| - 1 bunch of carrots | | | | the skin on to absorb the nutritional value and |
| - 1 large mango or the juice of 2-3 oranges | | | | roughage. Also keep in mind that the carrot |
| - Cumin or fennel seeds | | | | nutritional benefits sustain long storing periods, up |
| Grate up the whole bunch of carrots. If using | | | | to 6 months when stored properly. |
| mango, peel and grate and add. If using orange, | | | | |