There is another annoying climate change thing here... rats. They have moved into the area maybe because it's warmer, I dunno. We never used to have them here. Now they are in everyone's gardens chewing through corn, root veggies.. everything they can. We've always had small rodents like voles and other little critters, pack rats too. But never actual rats. Today, I harvested all my carrots and was happy to find that the rats only had started on the edges of the raised bed. The carrots in the sink all were chewed on so won't last in the root cellar. Those will get scrubbed and cleaned up to be canned. The 3 gallon buckets were all in great shape so are now stowed in the root cellar. Hopefully these will last us the winter and most of next spring. 

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 @a4e385b2 Carrots! I grow them, originally for the pet rabbits indoors, but now the outside (native) bunnies snack on them too. Used to lose them to gophers, but the dog has been doing a stellar job eliminating that threat. 

 @a4e385b2 I’ve found so many ways to not grow carrots in my garden 😂 yours look amazing! Those are proper carrots! 

 @a4e385b2 how do you store them, sand?