Carrot sprouting in a garbage bag

 I’ve tried growing carrots a few times, with measley meager results. By the time they get going, the summer is pretty much done. It’s annoying (in a first world problem sort of way) to be buying carrots at the store/market/farm stand all summer because mine in the garden are so pitiful. 

I read about a method that seemed so weird and bizarre, I just had to try it. I lay out sheets of paper towels, wet them down and sprinkle seeds on them. I lay wet paper towels over the seeds, layer between wet cardboard, then shove them in a garbage bag. In 10-14 days,  check to see if they’ve sprouted. Once they sprout, lay the paper towels out on a prepped garden bed, cover with a little soil and they grow… in theory

This method has the added benefit of being able to more evenly spread out seeds, so no thinning needed. 

I tried it with brown paper dividers this year, so my layers are cardboard divider, then paper towel, then seeds, then brown paper bag. I found a local heirloom seed store I like in Asheville ( https://sowtrueseed.com/ ). They are generous with seed quantities, and I can avoid paying shipping.

Here’s a pic before I shoved it into the garbage bag