The snap of a juicy carrot fresh from your own backyard is worth the bit of extra effort required to grow these vegetables successfully. "Carrots are one of the more finicky crops to get established," ...

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 ...

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

Looking to expand what you plant beside your carrots? These companion plants can help improve soil, repel pests, and keep your carrots healthy and happy.

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?

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 ...

As you’re waiting for winter weather to break, think about what to plant in your spring garden. Carrots are nutritious, delicious and one of the more kid-friendly vegetables around. As you’re waiting ...

I've read in several garden books about how carrots weren't originally orange. The first carrots cultivated were purple or yellow. Orange came much later. But how, and why? None of the books I read ...

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 ...

I love carrots. Pulled from the ground and washed, they can be eaten as is or served up with dip. Steamed, they are a perfect vegetable to serve with chicken or turkey. Little rounds can be cut and ...