Turnip seed should be direct sown into the garden. They can be planted in late winter/early spring or late summer/early fall. Seeds germinate quickly and mature in about eight weeks. Turnips ...

Whatever type you choose to plant in your vegetable garden, they are simple crops to grow from seed. Turnips have always been a yearly crop in vegetable gardens I worked in and also on my home ...

In the second session the children work in the garden to show Jim and Elsie, before joining together to show the turnip growing bigger and bigger. Warm up: skipping and whole body fruit shapes.

Early-crop turnips are in season from April to July; main-crop turnips from August to March. Look for turnips with smooth, undamaged skin and without brown spots, holes or spongey patches.