Explore the world of crunchy roots and bulbs for a bountiful underground harvest. This category covers everything from planting to care.
When I was first introduced to daikon radishes, I was so amazed by their size that I had to try growing them myself. But much to my disappointment, my daikons didn’t get anywhere as large as I was expecting them to get. Turns out, there were a couple of mistakes I was making. Daikon radishes…
Carrots are one of the most popular vegetables and for good reason. They’re delicious, chock-full of nutrients, and can be harvested pretty much any time of year. But the key to having the best carrots is knowing when they’re ready. Carrots are ready for harvest when their shoulders begin to poke out of the ground…
Aside from being a tasty treat, radishes are a fast-maturing crop that’s ideal for beginners. Radishes don’t need much care or fertilizing, they grow in any type of soil and you can harvest them in as little as 4 weeks. Radishes are a cool-season crop, which means they thrive in spring and autumn. They’re great…
If you are looking to grow the biggest and most beautiful onion bulbs this year, bolting can throw a big wrench in those plans. Fortunately, there are several ways to handle bolting in your onion crop and steps you can take to prevent it from happening next year. To prevent your onions from bolting, make…
Radishes are an early spring treat in the vegetable garden, usually ready to harvest after just four weeks, but in recent years we’ve noticed that this once simple crop has become much more prone to holes, hollowing and woody roots. If you’re asking the same questions we are – why are radishes hollow, why are…
Knowing when to start leeks from seed to get a big harvest is one of the holy grails of vegetable gardening. In this article, I’m going to share some family secrets to the perfect leek, and some wisdom of my own from trial and error. Fundamentally though, this article aims to give you a definitive…