Bed recipe · field-tested

Black salsify + Turnip

Svartrot + Majrova

Illustration
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How the bed is laid out

A double black raised bed. Turnip in the row along the long side, black salsify in the innermost row.

Quick turnips harvest out while the slow salsify takes its time.

In this bed

The season, month by month

MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Black salsify direct-sown SHH
Turnip direct-sown S
Sow — indoors or direct, per row note Transplant Harvest

A friendly reminder: every garden plays by its own rules. Zones, soil, weather and a hundred small things decide what works — so this is how I did it and what worked for me, not a promise. Try, learn, adjust, try again.. that's half the fun anyway.

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