Q: I ran out of time as I was finishing up garden chores, and I never harvested a couple dozen beets. They’re still out there. The ground is frozen, and when I dig up a beet it is covered with ice ...

Beets—which are also known by their less popular name, beetroot—are the edible taproot portion of the beet plant, says Natasha Nicholes, the executive director of We Sow We Grow. "They just happen to ...

The word beet invokes a strong response; a quick yum or yuck. I was introduced to red beets as a child, as they were one of those tried and true crops raised in our very large farm garden. These beets ...

This week, in our unheated greenhouse, we seeded heirloom beets into living soil blocks set in trays. We also planted optimism that the concrete floor, buckets of rainwater and humidity domes will ...

Some of my favorite cool-season crops are beets, spinach and Swiss chard. They all belong to the same plant family, Amaranthaceae, so they have the same cultural needs and potential insect problems.

Beets (Beta vulgaris) are one of those vegetables ideally suited to the late-summer garden for harvesting in the fall. While we plant them now in August to mature before the first frost (somewhere ...

Canned, pickled, roasted or in a salad — beets are a versatile root vegetable. Often seeded close together, beets are thinned out as they begin to grow with the tops making a great addition to salad ...

Another four to six weeks and the days will be getting noticeably shorter, the nights a little cooler, and the gardening year will start winding down. That doesn’t mean your food garden has to peter ...

Carrots are another root vegetable that does well in raised beds, according to Lenhart. They’re happiest in cool, moist conditions. “It’s important to ensure good drainage to make sure plants in these ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Local gardening organizations and enthusiasts are holding a garden tour through the Metro-Toledo region this weekend. The Metro Beet Garden tour and is a self-guided tour through ...