Rural farmers preserve the past by saving family seeds, occasionally sharing them with fellow farmers. This exercise is part of the fabric of farms dotting the Carolinas. “Saving seeds is more of a ...

It’s a bit late to plant turnips, but late summer or early fall will afford gardeners another opportunity. Turnips, like their cousins the collards, prefer cool weather, so early spring or early fall ...

From seed to harvesting turnip root with visible soil cross section over 55 days time lapse. The sampling seed was chosen ...

Planting turnip seeds has become a fall tradition even though I can’t say I really enjoy the harvest a little later in the year. I started with this project once I realized turnips were about the only ...