Beetroot seeds can be sown in the spring and right up until the end of July. You can sow beetroot after potatoes, once you have harvested the first ones in the vegetable garden. Beets are a fantastic easy vegetable to grow in the vegetable garden or raised bed.
The red beetroot is good for pickling and beetroot pickles.
The yellow and white ones are good for oven-baked root vegetables and wok dishes. The striped ones are great when sliced very thinly on a mandolin for salads. If you want to oven-bake the striped ones, they need to be blanched for 20 seconds, otherwise they won't hold their color.
