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Root vegetables are always a bit magical. You don’t need to care for them as much, and the harvest is always a bit of a surprise! Species and varieties.

25 Vegetables that resist drought and dry spells

 Drought-resistant vegetables

Red beet, blood-red juice but no-sweat growing!

 Red beet

Black radish, the winter radish

 Black radish

Turnip-rooted chervil, how to grow it

 Turnip-rooted chervil tubers ready to sprout

Jerusalem artichoke, an effortless vegetable to grow

 Jerusalem artichoke harvest with squash and other vegetables

Use dead leaves to fertilize and protect plants

 Dead leaf mulch

Chufa, a root vegetable that produces groundnuts

 Chufa roots with groundnuts forming

Black salsify, delicious heirloom root

 Black salsify

Rutabaga, all the tips on how to grow rutabaga

 Rutabaga

Sweet potato, a crop that grows well in cool climates

 Sweet potato

Saving heirloom vegetables… right in your own garden!

 Defend heirloom varieties

Rotate crops in the vegetable patch

 Crop rotation in a vegetable patch

Flat of Egypt red beet, for an early summer harvest

 Egypt beetroot

Forgotten heirloom vegetables… rediscover the tastes of old!

 Parsnip at the market and other heirloom vegetables

Potato, how to grow and harvest potatoes

 Potato planting, care and harvest

Jerusalem artichoke health benefits and therapeutic value

 Benefits of Jerusalem artichoke

Beloved red beet, a delicious root vegetable

 delicous red beet

Parsnip, a delicious sweet flavor

 parsnip

Mashua, the tuber nasturtium

 Mashua harvest

Germinating potatoes at the right time

 Germinated potatoes chopped up in quarters for more plants.

Radish: from sowing to harvest, how to grow it

 Radish

Helianthis, a root vegetable with beautiful flowers

 Helianthis - Helianthus strumosus

Root parsley, the double-decker parsley

 Root parsley

Vitelotte, or black vitelotte, the China truffle

 A sliced vitelotte black potato on a fresh harvest shows its purple insides.

An effortless veggie garden

 Vegetable patch with no maintenance

Chayote, a run-around vine that’s edible all around

 Chayote vine with fruits