Turnips are an easy-to-grow cool-season vegetable that produces a crop of cold-hardy, edible greens and a root that can be eaten raw, cooked, or pickled. Turnips are a form of Brassica rapa, the same ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Start planning now for your fall garden. Many of our cool season vegetable can be planted in the upcoming weeks for harvest into early winter. Vegetable ...

Root vegetables are a great thing to have in the garden during our cool season. Since much of the plant is underground, and ...

Track maturity dates and harvest turnips early—overgrown roots lose flavor and texture. Both roots and leafy greens are edible, with some varieties grown just for greens. Pick young turnips for mild ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! The second week of September is still bringing us summer like temperatures with high heat and humidity. We are definitely on the dry side and could use a ...

Turnips should be planted around the first part of September to ensure good production and ample size. Turnips should do well in a good garden soil that has been productive for other vegetable crops.

On this week's Garden Spot episode, farmer Dan of Fassnight Creek Farm is planting spinach and turnips and decorating for our favorite season: Fall. Normally when cool weather sets in, we don't have ...

Q: My grandpa always grew turnips in the garden. I don't know if I even like them, but I'm wondering if they are hard to grow? – R.W., Springfield, Mo. Answered by David Trinklein, horticulture ...

If you are familiar with the Central Texas Planting Guide, you know that February marks the end of the cool season gardening period of our yearlong gardening calendar. Our sweat-free and bug-free ...

OK, they’re turnips (Brassica rapa). That was easy. This week’s “not-much-of-a-Mystery” Plant is one of the commonest vegetables there is…and I would almost bet that everyone who reads this column has ...