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While the most common carrot is the bog-standard orange variety we see in the grocery store, many different sizes and hues exist. For a pop of color, kids can plant the Kaleidoscope variety that will yield red, yellow, white, orange and purple carrots. Smaller varieties, such as Babette, Romeo, Thumbelina and Parmex, will shorten the somewhat long growing season of carrots.
They grow well in deep pots—which, according to Watkins, creates a perfect opportunity to give a child their own small ecosphere to be in charge of. “If you give kids their own beds or pots to grow their crops, they’ll be more likely to take ownership of planting, growing, watering, tending and harvesting their plants.”
