yellow carrots and seed trains

had a great breakfast today that consisted of yellow carrots pulled straight from the ground. i have the yellowstone variety that seedsofchange.com sells. i originally wanted to get the amarillo variety that baker creek carries, but when the season started, they sold out really quickly and i was not able to get any. however, without knowing anything about the taste of the amarillo variety, i do have to say that im quite impressed with soc's yellowstone. they have had a variety of tastes depending on when i have pulled them and depending on how the weather has been. today they had a somewhat spicy taste to them, with just a hint of bitterness and a lot of sweetness that balanced out that bitterness. earlier in the season they were completely sweet with no bitterness and no spiciness, but i myself like to have spice in just about everything, so today was a real treat. i have a different variety, not amarillo or yellowstone, that i purchased from gourmetseed.com a few weeks ago and was among the seed shipments i posted about a couple of days ago. there is a lot of seed, probably more than i can use, which is why i purchased this particular pack. i do not recall the name of the variety, but they look pretty good. i also got seeds for something similar to a carrot, but more like a radish i think. if anyone is familiar with the fairy tale rapunzel, you'll remember that name comes from a type of plant. this is what i have. rapunzel is a german word, and in english it is called rampion. it has a white root that looks like a carrot or a long radish, and has edible greens as well. the seeds are unbelievably tiny; i thought carrot seeds were small, but these are almost microsopic theyre so small. i will be planting these in spring time, as utah weather will not allow me to plant them this year. hopefully they will taste something like a white carrot.
also, on idig forums, a seed train has started with the mater raider group im in. im new to this concept, but it sounds like a fun idea. the idea is, you get a group together from various states across the country, and one person starts the train by putting some of their seeds in a box and sending it to the next 'rider'. that person takes a few seeds of whatever interests them (but leaves some for the other riders), and then adds their own seeds to the box and sends it on to the next person. sort of like one of those stupid chain letters but it has a point. so when the box makes its way back to the first person, then there is a plethora of seeds on top of what they originally put into the mix. then that person sends the box through the train again so that the first couple people can also get what the last few people put into the box. it sounded like an excellent idea, so i decided i would get on board with this and join the fun. i dont know when the box will be coming to me, but i really cant wait to see. lalbers started the train, and i believe she is in new mexico, but looking at the locations of all the riders, it will go all the way to the east coast and back around. maybe ill be the last rider? dont know, but i cant wait to see what kind of stuff everyone puts in, especially redneck. thats about all for today. grow on.