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 ...

Root vegetables thrive in cooler weather, and many gardeners don't realize that this also makes them perfect for fall planting and extended harvesting. "Fall gardening not only takes advantage of warm ...

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.

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 ...

Fabric pots thrive when size, soil, water, feeding, and placement stay consistent, turning quick-drying bags into reliable ...

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 ...

Root crops are vegetables that we harvest the below-ground portion to eat, such as beets, onions and carrots. But there are other less well-known root crops such as Jerusalem artichokes, horseradish, ...

A new technique may make it easier to selectively breed crop plants for better, deeper roots. The non-destructive process involves quickly checking a plant's leaves to see how far down its roots go ...

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