In The Garden — Rutabaga Growing Guide

Download | How to Grow Rutabaga in Canada | Complete Growing Guide (PDF) Rutabaga is a hardy, cool-season root vegetable that deserves a place in more Canadian gardens. With its golden-yellow flesh, purple-topped skin, and pleasantly sweet, earthy flavour, rutabaga has long been a favourite for traditional autumn meals, hearty soups, roasted vegetables, and winter storage. Unlike many vegetables that thrive in summer heat, rutabaga produces its best roots when the growing season finishes in cool autumn weather. It tolerates light frost, stores exceptionally well, and provides a reliable harvest when many other garden crops have finished producing. Growing rutabaga...