Carrot Tops: What You’re NOT Doing With Them (But Should)

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[@MrJGambino]

In Puerto Rico we take the carrots greens and mix it with cilantro parsley garlic green peppers red peppers onions salary together to make sofrito

[@christianerno9040]

It would be interesting to hear what the actual nutritional value is for the dehydrated carrot greens.

[@PatrickPoet]

It was interesting to see the new cabinets in use before they're done, i.e. no faceplates. Seem great!

[@ssy333kk5]

I am glad to find out how to use carrot tips and more happy to know how to dry them without dehydrator.

[@michaelstewart8143]

Hook a 1x1 to two strings with some hooks to hang it from your garage rafters to all you to pull them up to ceiling to get them out of your way to dry. Just a thought

[@mercedesmansionsuvlife3974]

"Straight from the gizarden" Instantly hit the LIKE button! 🙌🏾🤣

[@georgetreisbach3849]

Isn't there a ShopSmith attachment for processing the greens?

[@4philipp]

George Treisbach yea, it evenly spreads sawdust on your food. But maybe you have to spray paint first so the sawdust sticks better to the greens

[@One_Crazy_Dog_Mum]

Rinsing the veggies over the bed not on the ground will save you water & rinse the dirt back into the beds as well. We live on tank water in drought so extremely frugal with our water. Love watching your journey 💖

[@sooty8992]

If you're going to collect seeds you need to leave some carrots in the ground as they only seed in the second season.

[@HansQuistorff]

And the seed stalk can be 6 feet tall.

[@Tamara_1776]

So today I'm harvesting carrots and I was wondering how to utilize the greens. I LOVE this! Gonna' do it! Thank you! 😊😊

[@henryzabel1746]

This video came just in time for our last carrot harvest . The thought had never crossed my mind . We live on the wet side of Washington , so will hang for a bit and then go to the dehydrator , thanks Alisa !

[@tonwiersma5315]

yeey I saw some home built drawes in use…..

[@diehardnascar2002]

HEY JESSE... Elisa NEEDS a bench in the garden with a sink & faucet to clean the harvest! run the drain out to the beds to recycle the water.

[@dirtunderthenails5368]

was just about to comment on how much water is being wasted.

[@mattlane7888]

How are you keeping saw dust and spray lacquer off your greens 🥬?

[@mimiso2522]

I'm betting this was filmed some time ago and just now posted.[Edit I see that she was using the drawers Jesse made so, I dunno.

[@dunep6465]

Great Idea Alyssa. Great addition to many soups.

[@richwhitaker1506]

You guys are expanding and improving your garden each year as well as the uses of your harvest. Bravo! Your little one will certainly benefit from all those homegrown veggies. You guys compliment each other well.

[@AlabasterPeacock]

Awesome! I will try this this year! Thanks!

[@themurphy6279]

I love your channel sooo much you have really won the lottery of happiness

[@thomasfam9002]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Never thought about it but I will save my tops next year now.

[@mangopuppybaby]

Thanks for the tip! I’m going to do this right now.

[@helenmcclellan452]

Wow, great idea! I will have to try drying carrot tops. Thank you!

[@F3nrisTAG]

Sigh..... the clickbait titles are detracting from the videos...

[@mariejosephabiarrage3907]

Thank you for your video. I learnt a lot

[@doubledarefan]

I miss Bugaboo! Where is he❓

[@loriip9583]

Thank you for sharing Alyssa!!

[@charlibrown2012]

That was surprisingly amazing what you did with the carrot greens.

[@hurdman7899]

Great idea. Thanks.

[@scottt8424]

Hey Jesse hey Alyssa thank you for the video I enjoyed it and I hope that this motivates people to start a garden in the springtime that way they can eat fresh fruits and vegetables and eat healthier so thank you for making this video

[@lynnannecoolidge8680]

Great idea, glad I stumbled on this video

[@theoldfarmerswife5915]

I had an over abundance of spinach last year. I still have 2 qts of dried spinach leaves. Made about a pint of spinach powder. Great way to sneak into just about everything, my favorite was meatloaf

[@debbiee6535]

I was looking at that and wondering a while back and it's like guess you got the answer for it thank you for showing me

[@rosaisabella7829]

Definitely gonna try it out asap

[@karenklucas923]

I just dehydrated carrot tops ... and ground them up.... added. Dandilion... and prylen. Greens. I used the older prylen had to pick out roots .. so will use younger ones.. I also grow sprouts!!!

[@karenklucas923]

Also used up my celery tops

[@isabelballesteros4805]

The green part is delicious with eggs, soups, smoothies, you can prepare like others veggies!

[@jeffmeans894]

Wow. I enjoy yalls vlogs!! Didn’t know this about the greens of carrots!!

[@bbbccc87]

Jesse & Alyssa, I have a friend who is from England and she covers her root crops in late fall, leaving them in the ground to be dug during the winter, so they are fresh. This is west of Chicago, and we get pretty hard winters. She uses old blankets or quilts -- ain't too pretty but it works.

[@jstreutker]

Wonderful topic! Thanks!

[@VickyShawcooksalot]

I really need to go down to poky and get elderberry flowers this spring and berries in the late summer.

[@catherinecooper2360]

Good going Alyssa! Waste not, want not was my grandmother's adage. These would also be good in a winter stew, and as a unusual add to bean soup. Thanks!

[@chiefof]

Great pro level video!

[@tammyholbrook6712]

So entertaining and educational 😂😊

[@phillully4472]

Wow Alyssa, that's great news to hear... cash from your garden greens.. that an easy process too! Thanks for the ideas on harvesting greens as well.

[@stuartwillis7386]

Few people have noticed the similarity of carrot tops to parsely, they are closely related species so can be used in similar applications.

[@BigKeith510]

I use the super green powder great use of the greens

[@katarinagronqvist1552]

I really like drying nettles and adding them to our food during the winter for extra iron and vitamines. I find they only keep for one year however, after that the taste is not the same and the color fades somewhat. Remember to store your dried herbs and greens in a dry cupboard, away from light!

[@quarlow1215]

Huh I never would have thought to do this but it makes perfect sense.

[@cynthiacarr3294]

💯😁👏🏽👏🏽❤ great video tyfs! Now I know what to do with my carrots 🥕

[@dustyfuller5632]

That's pretty awesome!!

[@amarieshearer7613]

Nice job!

[@peggyoconnell3733]

Great video!

[@movetastanley9300]

Your plants all need more water. Instead of rinsing your vegetables on the ground, rinse them over your garden instead of wasting the water.

[@yafois988]

catch it in a container then pour in garden too, alternative idea the same!

[@Eric-gi9kg]

I new that carrot greens were edible...just didn't know how to use them. So like most...I composted them. Well that's going to change for next year. Thanks Malissa for cluing us in.

[@michelleellsworth3886]

Amazing job. Wow never would have thought of that. Thank you for sharing that with us. Great job on the garden. Sincerely Michelle Pup Harley and Kitty Liam Arlington Massachusetts

[@dallasstewart3824]

Hey Jesse nice hose reel!!!

[@tacticplanner7188]

Next year you guys should try growing parsnips and you leave them in the ground until the spring and your roast those bad boys in the spring and they are amazing. Thanks for the videos guys wish your family the best!

[@40motomike]

Great job guys! ♥️🥩

[@jrbland18]

I will be drying my carrot tops and putting it into my soups

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

very nice, thank you.

[@Candid1ify]

Beyond smoothies, you can use your green powder to enhances soups, sauces, meats, and breads.

[@renem6441]

The pride of growing your own has no comparative

[@d.w.john.6354]

Nice harvest 👍guys

[@BraxxJuventa]

Yay! I saw Anna at the end. And finished kitchen closets? 👍😁

[@tubularguynine]

There's elderberries everywhere down here in Lower 'Bama, too. Gonna have to try the dried carrot greens. I love a handful in stew, and a few sprigs of fresh in my salads...spicy!

[@cherylwmh6543]

Easier way to hang your bunches of greens to dry is to tie, then partially unbend cheap paperclips, hook through string then hang on your rack. Reusable cheap hooks.

[@seanbarclay201]

Good job 👍

[@BarbaraYates]

Carrot greens are my favorite ingredient in fasolata (Greek vegetable soup) - add thyme. Heaven. Kind of like a leaf soup with veges.

[@chrischristenson4547]

goats and chickens love the greens also

[@itziahurtado]

what a great video thank u

[@gkiferonhs]

Like you need a project, put legs under an old screen door, etc. to fit over your garden beds so the precious water you use washing your vegetables stays in the garden beds. Also, some chickens could turn all of your vegetable scraps into eggs.

[@mcflapper7591]

You could collect your rinsing water for efficiency and for watering the garden.

[@DebLL357]

Wow, this is so amazing! Thank you so much for sharing! Will definitely give this a try as we have an abundance of carrot tops! Have you tried this with any other green tops?

[@rickfletcher8389]

Radish leaves are great for a spicy leaf salad

[@charlottehardwick5728]

City people all over the world who don't grow their own food do exactly what Americans do. You are doing a great job. Keep it up.

[@alexaxline6093]

Maybe a class on what vegetable tops are edible. Some of us don’t know

[@bhavens9149]

Jessie, she needs a green house for winter, just saying. Kale does better in fall, make a few cold frames. :) ps looks like Jesse got the drawers in.

[@mountainsage02]

My horses are crazy for carrot greens. I can have a carrot in one hand and the greens in the other and they always go for the greens first.

[@stephenmartin8587]

Put perlite in your garden mix with compost for good carrots that’s what I did and they were brilliant

[@arthurschwieger82]

You teased the cabinets in this video!!!! ;-)

[@TheOxbigboy]

This reminds me of the Kingdom Hearts clip when Rabbit uses carrot top juice to slim down Pooh instantaneously

[@briano6115]

OMG I can smell those carrots right off the video !! :)

[@josephkrug8579]

We never threw out the carrot tops, we composted them and put them back into the garden for nutrients. Using them as food directly though is a very good idea. :)

[@kamikazitsunami]

My dehydrator has celery, celery leaves, and carrot tops in it right now. The house smells awesome.

[@insidedianeslife2456]

That was interesting. Greens... who knew?

[@davidd6617]

Brilliant

[@JOHNWFGRAY]

Hang on there!! in the previous video Jesse was still assembling the draws, your using them?

[@jakecavers9111]

JOHN.W.F. GRAY one video at a time it’s there life’s

[@SuperNmolnar]

Nice Harvest, next year thou hill your carrots, and they will grow longer and straighter.

[@markbandy6184]

Great video ! I have drying suggestion. I think the reason for the strong taste is due to the amount of chlorophyll still active in the leaves while they are drying. Plus the amount and kind of light you have will keep the process alive while the stem dries out. If you build a small drying cabinet, that is light proof and add a very small fan to keep the air circulating inside, the process will stop sooner, faster. Drying time should be faster also. Every 24 hours open the door and burp the air inside. The taste may improve. You can also get a cheap humidity moniter. That way you'll also know the moisture content of your leaves before grinding. I hope this helps. Keep up the great work !! Have a wonderful day !!

[@tompinnef6331]

Some people cannot grow nor know how to do these things. City 'slickers' are limited. Reason I love living out in the boonies. Love picking my 'Ox Heart' tomato's. So far their are my favorite tomato. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

[@martythemartian99]

I'm surprised you separated the leaves. I always process stems and all.

[@lesleyharris3198]

Hi Alyssa, have a look at Rain country on you tube, she makes an excellent mixed greens blend, well done with the carrots, mine were pencil thin and very long but tasty and came back year after year.

[@orgcoast5990]

Is Bugaboo gone?

[@inge.n8031]

@@Taata78 Let`s hope so, going feral might be the best instant live upgrade for him, but i`m afraid he`s either: Alpha: canned into a broth; Bravo: composted for the micro money makers, Charly: crushed under the manbasket.

[@amandawilder7353]

Great tips and love the resourcefulness. Who's the lady at the end of the vid? please introduce us.

[@MowenMcGuire]

How are those new drawers?

[@mstiffanyr1]

You can maybe use the dried stems in stock.

[@mimiso2522]

We were always told carrot greens were poisonous. Anyway, this is the same process I use when dehydrating catnip for my grandcats.

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

Strawberries come back every year, they have runners that's what makes more plants so when the time is right you need to take them out of the container so you will have more plants. Those roots on the carrots would have made the carrots longer if they had more dirt and room to grow. They make nets to put the carrot tops in to keep the flys and other bugs off while drying.

[@11jdstein]

Just a quick question: why not drop the leaves directly into the blender rather than first into a container - which you'll then have to wash - to save time? Also, are you selling the leaves? If not, you really can't say that you're "earning" anything. If you planned to buy such a product, then you'd be saving money, but unless you sell it, your bank account won't increase. Love the harvest!

[@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325]

HEY JESSE AND ALYSSA, GREAT VIDEO GUYS, I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE GREENS OF THE CARROT BEING EATABLE. WE ALWAYS WOULD PUT THEM IN THE COMPOST BIN. IN THAILAND WHERE I LIVE PEOPLE DON'T DO CANNING AND I'M GONNA BE MAKING AN EFFORT TO INTRODUCE IT TO THEM. MOST PEOPLE GO TO THE MARKET EVERY DAY AND BUY EVERYTHING THEY NEED FOR THE DAY AND IT'S ALWAYS FRESH AND ORGANIC. THE PROBLEM WITH THE THAI PEOPLE IS THEY GET INTO A RUT OF DOING SOMETHING A CERTAIN WAY IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT RUT AND DO THINGS A DIFFERENT WAY. I THINK SHOWING THEM THIS, IT MIGHT MAKE THEM SEE A DIFFERENT WAY OF USING SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD JUST PUT IN THE COMPOST BIN.

[@MikeZMonroe]

Call out to Idaho gardeners - Just curious as to your estimate as what month this could have been? I’m thinking late july? They don’t time stamp video dates for some reason.

[@redtillimdeadsmith7775]

Can y’all talk about your soil for your garden beds please me ? What all you have mix wise ? Ty

[@johnhpalmer6098]

I think they talk about it in an earlier video like over the summer or last spring, just look back to late last spring/early summer to start. Typically, videos are weeks to a month, sometimes more behind due to the time required to edit all those videos and be a mother/wife and contribute to the household by cleaning and cooking etc too.

[@redtillimdeadsmith7775]

Ok ty so much !