ALTHOUGH the sweet potato is an exotic, tropical root crop from South America, it is becoming an increasingly common sight in our supermarkets. Nutritious and easy to grow, you can plant it anywhere as long as the soil is free draining and the plants get plenty of sun.
HELLO readers, I'm back after several weeks off on holiday. What's that you say? No-one noticed I was gone? Well, I have a stack of news which has piled up in my absence to tell you all about over the coming weeks.
SALAD days are blooming for an East Yorkshire couple who won a prestigious award. Horticultural husband and wife team Andrew and Anna Johnson won the Salad Grower Of The Year accolade.
WITH their flamered war-paint, partially shaven heads and spears and longbows pointed defiantly skyward, they could not be further from what we in the West regard as civilisation. This photograph gives us an unique insight into a recently discovered tribe which lives in the heart of the Amazon forest on the Peru-Brazil border. So far, the Amerindians of the Envira region have managed to avoid any contact with the outside world. Now their existence is under threat. Loggers are moving into the area, which could destroy the tribal forests which have supported them for generations. And local officials and conservation campaigners are so concerned they have released this picture to highlight the tribe's plight before it is too late. The high-definition photograph show the lives of these fier...
As more snow and ice returns, I wonder if there's anything positive to be said about the effects of the freeze on the vegetable garden? Well, it's often recognised that some root crops will taste a lot sweeter if they are harvested after a spell of really cold weather, so if you managed to take advantage of the short thaw last week, and get out harvesting veg, then your parsnips should taste absolutely wonderful! But it's another root crop that I've been thinking about this week, one that also plays a part in any mid-winter feasting, and that's horseradish.
As more snow and ice returns, I wonder if there's anything positive to weather, so if you managed to take advantage of the short thaw last week, and get out harvesting veg, then your parsnips should taste absolutely wonderful! But it's another root crop that I've been thinking about this week, one that also plays a part in any midwinter feasting, and that's horseradish. This is a flavour that I love during the winter months, and would feel much sadder without. It has long been known as a medicinal plant, and maybe it is this that gives me a boost through the glums of winter. The ancient Greeks were well aware of the medicinal properties of the roots and leaves of this plant, in myths it was valued it as worth its weight in gold. By mediaeval times it was being used medicinally in Britai...
EQUITYBITES-(C)2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Dow AgroSciences revealed on Tuesday that the company has signed an exclusive commercial agreement to license its technology which enhances the root systems of plants for the purpose of crop improvement.
How do you feel about Jerusalem artichokes? I have yet to meet anyone who sincerely loves to eat this lowly root crop. If I were to make a list of my favourite home-grown winter vegetables, I admit that I would probably forget to include the artichoke altogether. This is despite the fact that we grow plenty of them and, in many ways, they ought to be much nearer the top of my list.
Genetic engineering has been used to fortify a staple root crop grown in poorer parts of the world with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide a day's worth of nutrition in a single meal. The genetically modified cassava can also resist infection by damaging plant viruses.
SHERSTON Muddy root vegetables normally used as fodder crop for cattle were transformed into the tools of a titanic sporting battle in one of the West's more bizarre sporting events on Sunday. 1 The people of Sherston in Wiltshire turned out to throw mangolds - or mangelwurzels, to give them their West Country name - around their village hall field as a brass band played the Dambusters march. The 14 teams of three were watched by hundreds as they competed to land their mangelwurzel closest to a larger one, stripped of its leaves, named The Norman, in a game similar to boules.
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