by Michelle L. Dauberman
Winter is the perfect time to start planning your garden and
if you’re a seasoned gardener you’re probably thinking about your favorites
like the flavorful heirloom tomato, spicy pepper, veritable squash, crispy
lettuce, aromatic herbs and super-foods like kale and spinach. So this year why not add parsnips to
your garden.
Beyond their sweetness and relation to that other root vegetable,
the carrot, it’s worth mentioning how long you can safely extend the parsnips’
harvesting season. At a time when most
of the garden has gone quiet you can dig your parsnips from unfrozen ground
long into the winter months and even into early spring.
As you go from garden to table imagine how warm and tasty a
side dish of roasted or fried parsnips would be on a cold winter’s day.
For more information on parsnips visit this PSU Extension
page: http://extension.psu.edu/health/news/2014/parsnips-the-neglected-relative-of-the-carrot
