You can also purchase pelletized seed and seed tapes. Clean out a shampoo bottle, fill it with the mixture and squeeze out lines of carrots. As the seedlings mature, lightly mound soil around the orange tops to prevent them from turning green and bitter. If you can't remember where you planted your carrots, mix in a few quick-growing radish seeds to mark the rows. If it dries out and forms a crust, gradually remoisten the soil over a period of days.
Kids Thinning carrots is a tedious chore.
Singing helps pass the time, but it doesn't ease the back pain. Ask for help. Kids are fascinated by the little carrots they pull out, plus they get to eat them. Thin to one inch apart when the tops are about three inches high. Crowded carrots become odd-shaped and dwarfed.