Big carrots

I had an interesting time with my carrots this year. The first batch I planted didn't germinate. Not even one seed. I don't know what I did - wrong phase of the moon, too cold, too warm, too dry, too wet? Maybe even seed too old. After a couple of weeks it was clear that nothing was coming. So I got some seeds in seed tape, and planted those.

I companion planted them in between green beans. I have read that they go well together, so I decided to try. Once the beans got big, I could barely even tell whether there were any carrots there! Then once the beans were done, I started poking between the leaves to look for carrots.
They hadn't come up that well, but there were a few carrots, maybe once every 6 inches or so. And this is how big they were! Big, solid carrots, with lots of root and only a small amount of leaf. They're nicely formed as they weren't touching each other.

They tasted great, too. Nice and sweet. Don't ask me what variety, I can't remember. I didn't keep very good records this year.