This is why you can always buy fresh carrots
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This is why you can always buy fresh carrots
Image: © Richard Humphrey Taken: 19 Apr 2013
This crop of carrots has been covered with straw and plastic sheeting all winter near Manor Farm, Congham. It has been partially harvested during very difficult muddy and wet conditions. In the autumn, British carrot farmers start putting their crop “to bed” for the winter months by covering them with a thick layer of straw to protect them from the frost. This eco-friendly method of storage, takes place across large swathes of land in Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Scotland. The earth becomes nature’s larder, keeping the crop fresh and ready for harvest throughout the winter, allowing farmers to provide the UK with an 11-month supply of carrots. Before farmers adopted this practice in the 1990s, carrots were predominantly a summer vegetable. ( Extracted from http://britishcarrots.co.uk/growing/the-carrot-year/ ) See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3419189 for a photo of the harvester
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