Now you can grow purple carrots, black tomatoes, multi-coloured beetroots and red lettuce, to name but a few.

‘Growing the carrots in containers will give some protection from the fly as they fly close to the ground, however, covering with the mesh will give you an extra level of protection.’ Tucking the mesh ...

It's not too late to grow carrots and benefit from a bountiful and delicious harvest. Some of these carrot varieties mature ...

Growing carrots from seed can give you a harvest of sweet roots way better than store-bought with these growing tips.

Cover the seeds lightly. Carrots grow best in cool temperatures of early spring and late fall. Night temperatures of 55 degrees and day temperatures of 75 degrees are ideal.

The good news: Recent studies confirm that carrots readily give up their nutritious antioxidants to people eating the vegetable. Want to grow some of these vibrant carrots in your backyard?

Here, they serve up some suggestions to achieving a Pride rainbow of colour when you grow your own. Red “Beets, radishes and tomatoes will rouge your border nicely,” says the pair.

It is understandable to think of carrots as necessarily orange, but it is odd – because the wild carrot plant has white roots. Nonetheless, for a change, do try the attractive multicoloured mixtures ...

Decisions. Decisions. Which veg to grow? Home-grown carrots taste so much better than supermarket ones and even keep their flavour after a few days… ...

These rainbow-hued carrots grow around the world in countries in Central Asia and in the Mediterranean, but are still a novelty in the United States. Why the fuss?