Root Crops Ideas, Tips & Guides

As implied by its name, you might assume the ornamental sweet potato vine is for decoration only.Is this plant edible, like the root

The parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, is a biennial root vegetable in the Umbellifer family that is usually grown as an annual, with a harvest at the first season’s end.It looks like a white

Beets are truly one of the most stunning vegetables.Fire engine red, g

A fellow gardener once asked me if growing potatoes was worth it. Why waste the space, dig the trenches, mound the hills, interfere with tomato rotation, and risk battling with potato bugs for a vegetable that we often experience in ways that are far from special?Here’s why:Recently harvested pot

The beet,Beta vulgaris, is a biennial root vegetable that is commonly cultivated as an annual in temperate zones.Plants are grown primarily for their reddish pu

When I told a friend I was writing an article about how to grow potatoes he said, “What’s to tell? You throw ‘em in a bucket, pile up the soil while they grow, and wait until you have spuds.”I objected at first at his suggestion, but then

If you like Southeast Asian cuisine, then you need to become good friends with galangal. This delicious rhizome is indispensable in Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Malaysian cuisine.Sure, you can buy it at just about any stor