Author and smallholder Sally Coulthard shares her tips for ensuring a bountiful supply of the garden’s most versatile ...

Growing vegetables in containers can be a great option if you have limited space in in your garden beds. You can even grow carrots in pots, and place them in a beautiful, full-sun location on your ...

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 vegetable. In Southern USDA hardiness zones, you can take advantage of ...

If you’re short on outdoor space or only have a balcony or patio area to play with, you may not have considered growing your own vegetables. However, growing carrots in a pot or container is a lot ...

Crunchy, delicious carrots harvested from your garden are even better than the ones you can get at your farmers market. Not ...

Gardening in a container is a desirable option in several situations. Limited sunlight: Use of containers allows a limited sun availability to be utilized. Sometimes the container can even be moved ...

"You can grow just about any vegetable in a container as long as the growing conditions allow. Among the vegetables that lend themselves particularly well to container gardening are tomatoes, peppers, ...

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 ...

You just need the right vegetables and a few smart decisions upfront. Whether you have a backyard or just a few containers on ...

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

Expert Benedict Vanheems says April is the 'most important sowing month' that will set gardeners up with the plants they need ...

Carrots are a root crop, best grown from seeds. You will not find seedlings at the garden center because they do not transplant well. Carrot seeds prefer soil temperatures between 50 and 85 degrees F.