Winter is the perfect time to serve up root vegetables — carrots, radishes, turnips, rutabagas, parsnips, celeriac, onions, beets, salsify ... the list goes on. Technically, the foods we call roots ...

Many root vegetables are considered “cool weather” crops—they grow lush and juicy when daytime temperatures are in the seventies, but barely muddle through hot weather. Which is why we plant them as ...

There’s nothing quite like pulling a homegrown carrot from the soil for a winter meal. If you’ve never managed this feat before, perhaps this will be your year! Overwintering root vegetables is easier ...

Winter seemed like a good time to write about root vegetables. Roots typically are underground storage units that enable plants to conserve energy, absorb nutrients, stay upright — and yes, they defy ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Fall in the garden is often thought of as a time for harvesting and putting it to bed for winter. In areas where temperatures during the winter get ...

Root crops have long been popular with gardeners. While our ancestors dug wild roots to supplement their diets, modern humans have spent decades breeding and selecting root crops to develop the ...

For leafy greens like lettuce, spinach and kale, water will be in high demand as the plants’ leaves continue to photosynthesize, grow and regenerate. Courtesy Johnson County Extension Many people ...

Do you think of root crops as boring, old-fashioned and not very trendy? Well, maybe they don’t deserve their shabby reputation and are becoming more popular among home gardeners and picky eaters.