If you've never tasted a carrot fresh from the garden, you've missed out on a treat. Carrots are considered in a cool-weather ...

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 ...

Starting seedlings can be trickier than you'd expect for a variety of reasons, but you can use toilet paper tubes to get ...

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 ...

Carrots are the versatile vegetable packed with flavor and vitamins. However, should you want only the very tastiest serving of bright orange goodness on your plate, it is worth growing your own.

White ‘Kuttiger’ and yellow ‘Yellowstone’ carrots look stunning when combined with orange, red or purple carrots, but nutritionally they rank far below their more colorful counterparts. Carrots are ...

Sweet, delicate carrots that can’t be found in supermarkets are among a home gardener’s greatest culinary rewards. Find out how to grow several varieties such as nantes, chantenay, imperator, ...

Susan R. of Santa Rosa asks: I love carrots and have tried several times to grow my own, but with no success. Can you provide some growing tips and any secrets to growing sweet, delicious carrots?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purple, white, yellow, or orange, sugary sweet carrots are always a garden treat. They’re also one of the best crops to use as ...

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 ...