Like many leafy greens, root veggies, and brassica relatives, turnips are a spring and fall crop, and mature plants can even tolerate a light touch of frost. Check your first and last frost dates in ...

Turnips are an easy-to-grow cool-season vegetable that produces a crop of cold-hardy, edible greens and a root that can be eaten raw, cooked, or pickled. Turnips are a form of Brassica rapa, the same ...

Track maturity dates and harvest turnips early—overgrown roots lose flavor and texture. Both roots and leafy greens are edible, with some varieties grown just for greens. Pick young turnips for mild ...

The classic Irish yellow "turnip" is actually a swede, which is a different (though related) vegetable. Real turnips are incredibly quick growing (you can harvest them just two months after sowing) ...

They may not be colorful, vibrant, or particularly interesting vegetables, but learn how to grow turnips and you'll find that these often-overlooked vegetables have a lot to offer. A popular staple ...

Swiss chard tolerates warm and even hot weather, and its leaves can easily grow 14 to 18 inches tall. (Dean Fosdick/Associated Press) As the weather begins to cool down, I look forward to a big mess ...

OK, they’re turnips (Brassica rapa). That was easy. This week’s “not-much-of-a-Mystery” Plant is one of the commonest vegetables there is…and I would almost bet that everyone who reads this column has ...

Turnip, also known as shaljam, is an unassuming winter vegetable, that transforms into a nutritional powerhouse. The ...