I've been amused by a recent news item, "Eat turnips during vegetable shortage, suggests Therese Coffey" as I've been eating very nice turnips for years. Sure, the standard turnip, often sold as part of a "stew pack" in supermarkets can be pretty ordinary. Growing a similar crop in your garden may get you a better standard of vegetable but going a bit further can get you something fantastic! Two sorts of Turnips Maincrop/Winter Turnips This is the standard turnip. Fairly large and capable of being stored, the flavour is fairly mild. Typical colours are yellow and green. You sow seeds July/August and harvest in October or later. They're decent eating. But instead, consider (drum roll) Early/Spring Turnips These varieties are far less commonly seen. Ideally you pull them out of the garden at golf-ball size and eat them raw or lightly boiled. They're typically cream/purple. You sow seed February - June and harvest May - September. They have much mo...