Lessons From a Carrot Patch

However, I recall one summer that there was a bit of a glitch. Up to that point my mom’s garden had fared well. As my mom checked her garden every morning, she noticed that the green beans were blooming, and fruit was setting on the pickle vines. But one morning she noted a handful of fringy carrot tops lying limp on the ground.

The next morning even more carrots in that row looked the worse for we…