Potatoes are among the easiest veg to grow for newcomers – and the start of the year is the time to start thinking. Even if you only have a small area, you can grow potatoes in a large container or ...

Being a professional gardener, I enjoy advising beginners on how to grow their own food. One crop I always recommend trying is potatoes because they're easy to grow and there are so many wonderful ...

While you can use grocery store potatoes, oftentimes they have been treated to prevent them from sprouting because most people would prefer to purchase potatoes at the grocery store that have not ...

If you’re thinking about growing your own potatoes this year, there’s one important skill to learn before you get started: how to chit seed potatoes. Many gardeners agree that learning how to grow ...

Williamstown, NY -- Drive by a potato farm and it doesn’t look like much. Nothing much is growing above the ground like sweet corn, peppers or other vegetables. All that’s visible are mounds of soil.

I was preparing for a couple of Youth Gardening workshops featuring a "Spud in a Bucket" lesson and I wondered what made me buy "seed potatoes" for the project. What exactly is the difference between ...

Photo by Ira Wallace. Row of seed potato pieces planted under a rope. Potatoes are a rewarding crop to grow, with a lot more flexibility about planting dates than the traditional instruction to plant ...