It’s drilled into your brain from a young age that “they make you see in the dark”. However if they were that good for you they wouldn’t be such a pain in the arse to grow.
Soil Preparation
Carrots need deep, stone free soil which is fertile yet well drained.
When preparing my carrot patch I dug the soil to depth of about a foot and about 2 feet wide. I then sieved the soil back into the trench. Thus removing all stones… It took ages.
If a carrot hits a stone when growing it will fork and deform, the only upside of this is sometimes a carrot looks like it has a penis.
Sowing Seeds
Sow seeds directly in the soil as the weather starts to warm up.
I like to make small trenchs with my finger or a generic garden tool about half an inch deep, sprinkle the fine carrot seeds along the length of the trench about half an inch deep.
Plant Care
As the seedlings grow, thin them out so they are 2 inches apart for large carrots, or don’t thin them out for smaller baby carrots. Try your hardest not to bruise or disturb the carrot leaves as that attracts the nightmare carrot fly. bbbzzzzz.
Keep the bed weed free.
Harvesting
Lift the carrots gently with a fork either as small sweet baby carrots, or leave to mature to larger carrots.