I’ve only had one good year growing carrots here. We are about 35 miles NW of Austin and I am lucky to have almost a foot of good soil for my garden.
I bring in leaf mulch almost every year and the black dirt is just too hard to let those grow very well, but our small garden is enough to keep us happy.
This was my first year to have any luck with carrots, and I didn’t plant very many. This year, I am thinking of planting them in a container to see if that works better for me.