Experienced gardeners often grow two crops of carrots, an early crop and the main crop. The early crop is grown for immediate use, while the main crop is harvested for more long-term keeping and use ...

Carrots are the versatile vegetable packed with flavor and vitamins. However, should you want only the very tastiest serving of bright orange goodness on your plate, it is worth growing your own.

Today’s column is just a reminder to sow carrot seeds this month. The soil is warm, seeds are abundant and gardening is fun in May. Sow seeds now and you will be enjoying harvest by the end of July.

Summer may be ending, but your garden doesn’t have to! Here are simple ways to extend the season and what to plant now for a ...

As another vibrant summer garden begins to wind down, many gardeners might think about hanging up their trowels for the year.

Growing vegetables means making some important decisions. Deciding what, where, and how to grow crops can be key to success and top harvests, which includes whether to direct sow or transplant ...

The blessing of warmer, drier weather these past few days has tempted us to get in the garden to dig. And planting a nice crop of carrots tops many a gardener’s list. Nothing can beat the sweetness ...

If you have caught the bug for growing your own and want to extend your harvesting season into fall, there is a great range of vegetables to plant in July that allow you to do this. Summer is a time ...

It’s almost time to plant the seeds of root vegetables and cold-hardy greens so they will be ready for harvest in spring. Get your vegetable beds ready and buy your favorite seed packets now, while ...

Bruce Hogan looks over his carrot and beet crops the morning of July 9. LATAH, Wash. — “This is my seminary,” farmer Bruce Hogan said on a warm July morning as he sat in the shade of his backyard, ...