Turnip – easy root crop for winter

Stock the pantry with winter vegetables

In the vegetable patch, summer is the season for harvests, but sowing still continues for lettuce, cabbage and other vegetables for winter.

Turnip health benefits and therapeutic value

Native to Eastern and Northern Europe, the turnip or Brassica napus is a root vegetable that has long been appreciated for its culinary appeal and for its health benefits, too.

Turnips, increase harvest turnover with this Smart Tip Tutorial (+video)

Growing turnip is fun and one of the easiest vegetables to grow. It gets much easier still with this tutorial and the presented information: sowing, planting, growing, watering, harvest and more. Read on ►

What if we gardened with the moon?

Gardening with the moon, sure! But how? Gardeners have always observed with fascination the impact of the moon on plants they were growing.

The moon in a blue sky influcencing hazy tree leaves in the foreground.

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

Just like humans, vegetables also have friends and foes. Some families stimulate or protect each other. Other families tire each other out and make each other vulnerable. Companion planting is the art of pairing them well!

Direct sowing, sowing plants directly in the ground

Whether for vegetables or certain flower species, direct sowing or sowing in situ is very easy. It takes place in spring, once the last frost has passed, and during summer for most fall vegetables.

Turnip, fleshy and very tasty, especially when home-grown!

Turnip has a long history of growing, and without doubt is among the most tasty vegetables.

Bollworms, dreaded caterpillars defoliating vegetables

Typical of many insects (and even more so for butterflies), adult bollworms won’t cause any damage in the garden or vegetable patch. However, caterpillars and larva that emerge from their eggs can devastate nearby plants.

Large bollworm on a cabbage leaf with excrements

Turnip-rooted chervil, how to grow it

Turnip-rooted chervil is a delicious root vegetable with a delicate and subtle taste reminiscent of chestnuts.

Turnip-rooted chervil tubers ready to sprout

Which vegetables to grow in winter?

There are several different vegetables that are hardy enough to the cold that you can still make the vegetable patch an enchanting place to be. Zoom in on kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, winter lettuce…

Forgotten heirloom vegetables… rediscover the tastes of old!

In the age before industrial agriculture, there were over 1000 varieties of vegetables in people’s gardens… an incredible heirloom which has now been forgotten!