Purple, white, yellow, or orange, sugary sweet carrots are always a garden treat. They’re also one of the best crops to use as companion plants. Since carrots are compact and grow low to the ground, ...

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 ...

I was checking out at the grocery store the other day when the clerk asked whether I wanted the green tops removed from my carrots. I started to reflexively answer “yes,” as I always have except for ...

Where do carrot seeds come from, and how can you get them? Learn how to save carrot seeds without cross-pollination with wild carrot, or Queen Anne’s Lace. The Seed Garden (Seed Savers Exchange, 2015) ...

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 ...

Get to the root of the issue so you can grow a robust carrot harvest. Carrots, being a root vegetable, are unpredictable; you never quite know what they look like until you dig them up. Sometimes, the ...

With a roomy pot, you can grow carrots just about anywhere, including on a balcony or patio. Although most gardeners ...

The humble supermarket carrot owes its deep orange colour to a newly found gene, according to an analysis of the full carrot genome. Researchers identified more than 32,000 genes in a typical orange ...

If you've ever wondered why your carrot shoulders have turned green (and if they're safe for human consumption), here's what ...

Carrots, being a root vegetable, are unpredictable; you never quite know what they look like until you dig them up. Sometimes, the carrots you pull are disappointing—thin, almost thread-like, or ...