How to sow carrots
Before sowing carrots, remove any weeds and dig your soil to a fine tilth, breaking up any large lumps. Make drills in the soil with a trowel or by laying an old broom handle or bamboo cane across the ground and gently pushing down. Aim for a depth of 1cm (½in), leaving about 30cm (12in) between each drill. Sprinkle your carrot seed thinly along the drill - sowing too thickly will make the seedlings difficult to thin out later on! Gently draw soil from the edges of the drill back over your seeds so they are well covered. Water the area well with a fine-rose watering can to minimise seed disturbance. Keep the soil moist until germination, which should take about 10-20 days.