Bull’s Blood has the reddest foliage of all beets. The earliest thinnings spark up spring and fall salads with a leaf color as richly dark red as radicchio. As the roots enlarge, the baby beets are also delicious cooked and mixed with salad. The small sweet red roots are best when harvested young. When sowing, mix beet seeds with fast-sprouting radish seeds to mark the rows. Grows best in cool weather and full sun. Culture: Sow beet seeds in well-worked, well-drained soil in full sun after danger of frost in spring. In frost free areas, sow in fall. Harvest: Greens when young. Roots mature in about 50 days. Steam, boil, and pickle. Nutrition: Beet greens and roots are rich in vitamins and minerals, a good source of fiber.