Like many leafy greens, root veggies, and brassica relatives, turnips are a spring and fall crop, and mature plants can even tolerate a light touch of frost. Check your first and last frost dates in ...

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 ...

Learn how to grow turnips in raised beds, from planting seeds to harvesting mature roots. This guide covers soil preparation, ...

Your garden is half empty right now, and every day you leave it that way is costing you money. Most gardeners assume that ...

“Turnip is an underappreciated and underused fall vegetable crop,” said David Trinklein, horticulture state specialist for University of Missouri Extension. To help home gardeners learn to love the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Root vegetables thrive in cooler weather, and many gardeners don't realize that this also makes them perfect for fall planting and ...

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 ...

Here’s a tale of two turnips, one big, one small. One a quick crop, one slow. One for fresh eating, the other for winter storage. When I was growing up, storage turnips were the only kind I knew. They ...

Planting turnip seeds has become a fall tradition even though I can’t say I really enjoy the harvest a little later in the year. I started with this project once I realized turnips were about the only ...

Turnips are one of those cool-season crops that develop sweeter flavor when grown in autumn. A light frost or two converts starches to sugar, but temperatures below 25°F can damage these members of ...