really not much of a farmer

i've mentioned before that i'm a pretty bad farmer but i really am trying... sorta.

today i pulled a few carrots- less because i thought they were big enough and more because my sister's chickens jumped the short garden fence and stripped the stems of almost every leaf (they also razed the chard). but, as it turns out, the two bigger ones were ridiculously woody and inedible. i'm thinking it was the clayey soil and less than ideal watering conditions. still, the small ones were tasty with really woodsy (like a forest, i guess) notes. once again, my gardening experiences have left me unsatisfied but somehow undeterred. just have to keep trying till i figure it out, i guess.