Growing carrots from seed is something even beginning gardeners can do successfully. And homegrown carrots come in an assortment of fantastic colors—orange, purple, red, yellow, and white—and are much ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Carrots are tasty, cold-hardy vegetables to plant in your garden in spring, when the cool weather gives them their best flavor. Aside from a ...

It is time to start seeds indoors for some summer vegetables and a few weeks away for other summer vegetables.

Carrots are packed full of vitamins and minerals and have so many health benefits they could be classed as a superfood. Some heritage varieties contain over 30% more beta-carotene than their orange ...

A biennial is a plant that grows for two years before producing new fruit or seeds. Carrots are biennials, but that label refers to their seeds rather than their roots. The carrot root is typically ...

At nearly every community garden in Los Angeles, and at every school garden too, someone is probably growing carrots. Sweet, crunchy and familiar, a freshly uprooted carrot is a fun surprise, like ...

The botanical name of the carrot is Daucus carota subsp. sativus and it belongs to a family Apiaceae. Loamy and sandy are the soil types that are suitable for carrot germination. Carrots will take two ...

It is now the time to sow carrots seeds and this hearty vegetable is really easy to grow in summer as long as you avoid a common mistake lots of gardens tend to make. Most vegetable gardens are ...