My Top 4 Ways | Preserving Carrot Harvest 

A tip I learned from a physical therapist is to open your sink cabinet and to place one foot inside your cabinet to take the stress off your lower back 😁. That was an excellent harvest of carrots. Great job!

Beautiful!! I love carrots! That was a lot of hard work, bless your heart!! You did good!

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That’s an awesome harvest! Too much gardening for me! I’ll be supporting our local farm stand! So I’m living vicariously through you! Love watching this...Enjoy!

Yes you can put your carrots in the washing machine. My mom did that, straight in (no pillowcase) and it was my job as a small child to stop the machine after the tub drained, before it started to spin.

So glad you learned how to use the mandolin!! It’s a life saver!! Beautiful carrots!!!

So much good info!

I love my electric kettle for filling jars with fresh hot water. When we upgrade for our coffee station (we do pour overs) I’m going to save my old one just for canning. I don’t have to ladle water, just pour it in and it boils in less then 2 minutes!

This is one of the best canning video's I've seen. You kept it real. You haven't stood up and said "look guys super easy". Instead you showed us the somewhat tedious process that is a labour of love. That in itself makes us see that it is worth it in the end. Thank you.

Dear Rachel, This segment on processing your harvest of carrots was superb in every way. Let me count the ways. First, l agree with you that there is absolutely no need to peel these young carrots. Indeed, I would even go so far to say it would be a waste. Secondly, thank you for telling us that the Danvers variety has proven to be the best variety measured by your experience. Thirdly, the best part of this segment and the most valuable was how you divide the carrots for a) canning, b) roasting c) snacking/shredding and d) the ends and tops for chicken broth. This part of the segment is very valuable for novices who already subscribe to the ideal of making full use of what they have grown and do not want to waste what can be used. You have thought all this out beautifully and have shared it. Fourthly, you connected the number of carrots you grow for the needs of your family and you broke down the number of carrots per quart and the number of quarts to feed your family. Once again thank you for this breakdown. Finally, the word ‘economy’ derives from the Greek word ‘oikonomia’ which literally means ‘household management’. It is important for us to be brought back to the original meaning of ‘economy’. You have done this for us in your segments on carrots. Another way of understanding ‘economy’ as ‘household management’ is that production and consumption are in one place: you grew the carrots, you canned the carrots, and you will eat the carrots all in one place. This is the original and perennial economy. Insofar as possible, this isthe best and most fulfilling way to live. You not only are embodying this ‘economy’ but you are handing on to us how to do it. This is very valuable for all who are striving to achieve the same ends, whether they be small or comprehensive. Thank you for all your good work. Sincerely, Larry Clarence Lewis, Canada.

Love the channel! We can our carrots whole. As a retired chef I'm not going to slice that many. LOL

The carrots look beautiful. I just canned my red potatoes. Such a great feeling to have homegrown food put away for winter💥

Cute girl and carrots,, can't go wrong there.

now that was a massive carrit harvest. will look sopretty on your shelves and be so yummy. thanks for sharing.

I’m not sure I’ll ever grow this many carrots, but I’m really glad you’re showing us how you do it. I haven’t canned before and I’m a little intimidated by it, honestly.

Great video love carrots 🥕 🥕, ours will be soon ready to harvest and we have more growing for later in the season . Thanks for sharing 👍😎 you won’t know yourself when you get your processor. Love mine and it saves all that time, and no achy hands yay 👍

Greens make good pesto and pickled carrots are excellent

I’m glad you later learned to use the attachment for your mandolin, so you can be like Speedy Gonzales. 🥕🥕🥕🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

This was a great and inspiring video. Thank you for the post.

That's a lot of carrots, nice work. I have a pc of plywood with a hole in center about 3 inches in dia. and around the hole I have 2, sometimes 3 scrub brushes around it facing the center of hole screwed down with steel strap, it fits on a bucket I have filled with water. I hold the green and ream the carrot in and out of the bucket through the scrubbing hole, very fast and very clean. Not sure if anyone understood that...lol.

FYI, my Mother in Law(Baba Jenny if you're Canadian, you'll see her Ukrainian foods in the groceries stores), showed me how to dill carrots. Its the same recipe for dill pickles so have fun! Just make the same brine, same spices of your favorite dill pickle recipe and use carrots instead of cucumbers. It's so yummy! Wow, Rachel even after 30 years of canning and gardening, I'd never heard of using carrot tops in stock, thanks!

I am new to your channel and enjoy your videos. I have a Pampered Chef mandoline and noticed you did not secure the top piece on to the base. Then you put the item being sliced into the hopper It really is a good way to slice your veggies! Safer too than with the gloves. 😊. Best wishes!

I work in a community garden as a Harris County Master Gardener. At the beginning if the pandemic, our food pantries shut down. I was sent home with 8 crates of veets and 10 crates of carrots. I spread them on my driveway for the cleaning with hose process. Thankfully my daughter came by to help but it still took us 1/2 to wash, cut tops and bag/wrap them. I wasn't canning at the time but thats when I started. I started with beets. Now have done carrots, jalepenos, wax peppers, pickles and jams, salsa, tomatillo salsa, and other hot peppers. Today I used my mandolin to slice 12 lbs of large carrors I got from farmers market.

I planted Danvers carrots because of you. 😁

Very nice. Well done. Inspires me to do a better job at processing produce from the garden. Never canned carrots, I will try it this year. Thx. Greetings from holland🙋‍♀️

I have a Philips machine with 6 diferent blates. Cost me 75 euros. It cuts lots of diferent vegi and save a loooooot of time and should be less expensive in US. Try to find it and you will be a very hapy woman hahaaaaa....love from Europ!

You poor hands arms and back, I encourage you to look into a bigger sharper knife. That looks like a lot of pressure n your joints. Oh good, I wrote that before you got your slicer working. They look great. When you burned yourself, I jumped too. 😬. I’m so happy you will enjoy your harvest all winter.

Did I miss what you did with the carrot tops later?

I have a hate/love relationship with carrots....I hate the process !!! BUT !!! I love so much the end product of what i do.... Gets to my back so much, but for a couple days out of my life to get a pantry full it is so worth it 🧡

Beautiful carrots ! I have an All American 921 canner and love it . I really like your canner but if mine was any heavier I wouldn't be able to lift it. If you haven't had your canner very long you will find with use for some reason the canner lid seems to settle in and will be easier to line up . I would like to have another All A. 921 to can in half the time but when I checked Amazon they were out of all canner's but one and it was a thousand bucks !! I had never heard of the brand . Walmart was all out of canners too . People are being smart and putting food back for bad times. Love your video's ! Blessings, Linda

Keeping the extra lifting labor outside, I usually top, scrub & size my carrots outside. One inside I rewash & prep for canning. I've realized as I do bulk canning, I want a dishwasher for cleaning jars & a thick cut tool for my carrots. Do you ever mix veggies when canning: like peas/carrots?

Dehydrating works well with all sizes of sliced dice or shredded. And greens dehydrated is great powdered & added to greens powder. I don't Peel mine either. Dehydrated pickled carrot chips are delish. M6 carrot ends are great in stock. Freeze till ready to make stock or broth.

Yes no peeling. I always wondered what nutrients are we throwing away by peeling. I don’t peel.

These are beautiful carrots, Rachel. This is impressive. I’ve never had luck with growing carrots. I’ll need to find what kind grow better in my area. Blessings and thank you for sharing! ❤️

I got an electric tea kettle and it makes pouring the hot water in your jars so much easier. They heat up supper fast as well.

I bought a small electric slicer and it works great. You just set the width and slice away. I use it when I can or dehydrate. It was not very expensive and well worth it.

MY carrots did not grow this year. wHEN YOU GET YOUR PANTRY FILLED GIVE US A PEEK.

have you made carrot top pesto it is good too

I agree with the beauty of carrots on the shelf, every time I look at all of my jars I smile at the bright cheery orange.

I just did a canner load of carrots. They look great. I watched one of your ‘What’s for dinner’ where your husband prepared your canned carrots. He said they do not get mushy. How did he cook them? Thanks.

I never peel my carrots 🥕 either. You are a Rockstar ☆ That's a ton of carrots. Don't you dare beat yourself up girl. I love carrots!!! Thanks for all you do! ♡♡♡

You're causing so much extra work by not topping them before you put them in the sink.

You’re my hero! Such a great harvest & way to preserve for the winter. Kudos, lady! 👏👏👏👏👩‍🍳👩‍🌾😋

I was overwhelmed FOR you! LOL Thank you for sharing the ways you're preserving your carrots. I wouldn't have thought to freeze whole carrots. Do you ever dehydrate them?

Wow Rachel, your hard work paid off! My Latvian friend tells us all the time, there is NO WASTE, she like you, will use every part of her harvest. Carrot soup sounds delicious right about now! 🥕🍜 🙌🏻💖🥵

Not a single carrot was harmed in the making of this video.

I wish Kitchen Aid would come out with a slicer attachment that cuts veggies a little thicker than the ones they have. I have three different ones and none of them will cut the carrots thick enough.

Walmart has 4-5 lbs of carrots for 3.80 I would love to an some would it be worth it? Do you add anything to keep them from turning dark

Here we are June 2022, and I’m revisiting your video for the third time because today is canning carrots day at our house! Thank you Rachel and Todd for these wonderfully informative videos!

Hi Rachel have only just found your you tube video on canning carrots it was great ..I have only ever canned beetroot using a vinegar brine ..did you just use boiling water and no salt to preserve...Thanks in advance...

Rachel; could you share what varieties you like to grow? I am trying to figure out what seed to order for this year. Thanks!

Hi Rachael, I’ve been WB canning for years, but just started pressure canning last year. I love it. I canned my first batch of carrots. You said you can cook canned carrots so that they’re not mushy. What is your tip for that. I would love to know. Thank you, so much for your time. P.S. Congratulations on your newest grand baby. We have ten. They are truly a most precious gift from God!

I don't peel my garden carrots either...if by chance we have store bought, yes because who knows where they've been 😁... thanks for the video... enjoyed it! 💖💖

Thank you so much for taking the time and explaining this step by step. I have been a hobby gardener for the past few years, but I really want to shift to the homesteader having multiple veggies, etc canned. You are great! Thanks

Todd & Rachel I just thought of something. Have you ever tried pickeled or fermented carrots.? They are Delicious 😋👍🏻 Give them a try Linda from Ct

Oh how I would love to can carrots 🥕 but my ducks 🦆 escaped and got into my garden. Went straight for the carrots! I am going to try again to plant some fall carrots here in Georgia we can do that.

One day when you have your lid on your canner even, take a black marker and draw a line from the lid onto the pot so you will always know when your lid is on correctly. My husband went as far as drawing the line on with a dremal tool. It works perfectly. Have a great day.

Yes you can do in your washer gentle cycle cold water I also do potatoes that way too and it works fine

If Pampered Chef still has the garnished, I use it all the time. I don’t have as big a garden as you but I canned 10 pints of carrots yesterday. I through out the green tops this time because I wasn’t feeling it. I’ve already taken the earlier ones and dehydrated the tops and they are in canning jars. I have a second batch starting to grow and I planted a 3rd area where I took these out.

I noticed you never tell us the time for processing......if it's a canning video that's imperative!

I’m so sorry to be a complete newbie I take it then you’re pressure cooking them then in that monster of a device? So when you come to use the carrots they’re already cooked just like the ones you can buy from the supermarket, obviously tasting better as they’re home grown? or have I got this totally wrong? I’m just getting really intrigued in trying this here in Blighty. Cheers 🍻

❣️Replay❣️ How long to can carrots in pint size? 15 minutes? I actually blanched mine first… is that ok? It’s an OCD thing for me.🤷🏻‍♀️ mine were store bought. Love learning from you. Your natural, your real and your barefoot! I do the same. 😂

Wonderful harvest. What kind again. I couldnt hear the name properly. Try using a large cleaver. I'm amazed how slowly you chop.

You could can carrots for carrot cakes

Makes me want to start canning. Thank you for the inspiration ☺️

Wow Your Awesome 👍🏻 You are my Inspiration 🐰🥕🙏 I cant wait for the carrot top video, wow Im excited. Thank you for sharing 👍🏻🙏 Linda from Ct

If I may give some suggestions get a mandolin that has legs you're not having to hold it with your other hand it makes the whole process much nicer. Also, when you get the end of the carrots just use your palm to slide it up and down the mandolin so you can still get tiny pieces without squishing your fingertips. The KitchenAid mixer attachments I haven't read good things so I would recommend getting the large food processor it will save you so much time. My mom has arthritis and finds it hard to cut carrots for the horses multiple times a day. So, we got a large food processor, and it was life-changing it took minutes to do a ridiculous amount of carrots the really big ones it can handle great.

Would you ever consider growing okra? It's a favorite here in the south but honestly I don't know how well it would do in a northern climate

Bless you woman. I've watched this video quite a few times since you put it out and refer to it everytime i process carrots. Thank you

Loved the tip for freezing them whole for roasting.

Just found your channel, and subscribed after the first video! I am brand new at canning and enjoy the way you explain everything.

I don't have the space to grow the carrots we would go through in a year. I purchase organic juicing carrots in 25 pound bags and go from there. Makes things good for my pantry! You truly had a Bugs Bunny paradise!

The slicing guard on the mandolins are dangerous. As a chef I always used a cutting glove. It gives you more control and is much faster.

This Was sooooo helpful! I never know what to do with carrots once im sick of roasting and juicing them. Im grateful you showed the canning process.

Hmm that mandoline doesn't look sharp. It shouldn't make that noise when slicing carrots. I worry that you could injure yourself with it. When sharp it takes seconds to process a carrot and is a terrific tool. Anyways, I love your videos and how dedicated you are.

I loved your video of how you went step by step my only question is I have a 6.5 crafton pressure cooker I’m still learning on how to use it but how long should I cook my carrots with a 6.5 cooker

If you could rig up an outdoor sink(used industrial sink)with a water hose or something that would be a great help to clean large harvests. I would love to have one myself.

Great video. I fell your exhaustion. It’s hard work. How do you use the canned carrots for eating? Just heat and serve? Or do you use them for roasting as well?

Onion peels, cauliflower outer leaves, and pieces from the cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, celery ends, centre pieces, & leaves all go for stock or broths.

You make it look like work! Use a green scouring pad that one would use in the kitchen sink for dishes. it removes any dirt and small carrot hairs . First I sit on the back porch and cut the green tops and put the topped carrots in a container where I come to the kitchen sink to wash and clean with the green scouring pad.Cut to the desired length or cut in rounds and start your canning process. So please cut out the labor.Your video makes me tired and I’m seventy five.

If you're going to cut the carrots with a knife, try using a chef knife. It's much less tiring on your hands and fingers. I just harvested, cleaned, and chopped a small batch of turnips, and I was done for. I can't imagine processing such a large batch! You go girl!

I enjoyed watching ideas for canning carrots this coming year. I can't find ur carrot greens canning u mentioned u were going to do next....did I miss it or did u not do one?

A labor of love, to be sure!! I've been looking for that carrot greens Video mentioned...did that get made? I wasted so many carrot greens this year, not knowing what to do with them. Flavored some broth...what else are they good for? Thank you so much for all the great info.

That would be really nice to have a canner that can fit double stacked quarts, it would save a lot of time! Mine can do pints double stacked. Congratulations on the great harvest, you rock!

They sell mandolins like $5 that are so so easy to use and will whip through the carrots super fast.

Great harvest! Hey are you gonna try to dehydrate some also?

Never canned carrots. Great video. The carrots are beautiful. You did an amazing job, especially all the ways you are preserving for different uses. Tfs. 👏🏻💕👏🏻

Have you thought about dehydrating your carrot tops and powder them up to use in a green mixture for smoothies or adding to soups and stews? I usually powder up as many greens as I have available. Each time I make it I always have different combinations lol

Your hair looks great silly

Why bring all the carrot tops into the house?

i just watched a video from Constance over on her youtube channel Cosmopolitan Cornbread she did some sweet carrots in a brine of brown sugar 2 c water 2 cups and orange juice 1cup bring to a boil and then lower temp and pour over the carrots.

To go faster, you can top and tail them all first, then you can just keep going slicing them with the device. Good harvest!!

Hi Rachel. Does your mandolin grater holder have like flappy bits on them? If so, it goes the other way and those handle/flappy bits cling either side of the mandolin to keep it stable for you 😁

Rachel LOVED IT just LOVED this video- I am waiting patiently for my carrots but unfortunately do not have a Pressure Canner yet- I am going to get one of those slicer gloves as I have nastiest scar (quite large) from my mandolin & freeze with fear every time I use it now. Great Job on your carrots & by the way your hair looked fabulous as always. Cheers Denise - Australia

How do home canned carrots turn out compared to store canned carrots? I love carrots but I typically just freeze mine because I don't like how store canned carrots turn to mush. Do home canned carrots hold up a little better with the raw pack method or do they turn to mush too?

On your American canner,ya should Vaseline the rim every time you use it ,makes sealing a lot easier

When I process a big carrot harvest I never bring the green carrot leafs inside of the house. When you harvested them you can cut the top off right away. they can go straight to the compost pile. When you bring the entire thing inside it takes up too much space plus there are all kinds of bugs in the leafs that will crawl out and occupy ur kitchen.

I dont peel mine either. Canning 5-0 gets me all the time for botulism, but it never happens to my jars. Continue doing what's good for you and yours! I canned my carrots back in april, so fun to watch you do yours now! 😁

Your new food process with the slicing blade should make easy work of carrots from now on.

Great job girl! I got 2 bushels of green beans and 2 bushes of corn this year on the same day. I thought I was gonna die! (Insert imaginary pic of a 4 year old throwing themselves on the floor) but all that hard work paid off. Congrats Racheal! ❤️🙏🏻