If you’ve only tasted store-bought potatoes, it’s time to experience the remarkable flavor and convenience of homegrown spuds by learning how to plant seed potatoes. The key is to start with certified ...

The Ides of March, March 15, was not a good day for Julius Caesar but it is a good day for planting seed potatoes. The phrase “Beware the Ides of March” was a warning given to Julius Caesar in William ...

When you know how to grow a sweet potato in water, you can get a dozen or more slips for free that you can plant in your ...

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.

TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh tested growing potatoes in grow bags versus raised beds, and was stunned by the surprising yield ...

From classic favourites to disease-resistant varieties ...

It is still early to sow seed for summer gardens but it is potato-planting time. The potato is an interesting vegetable. The potato, tomato, pepper, tomatillo and eggplant are all members of the ...

ASHTON, Idaho — The Atchley farm in eastern Idaho is 15 miles from Wyoming and 45 miles from Montana at the end of the Snake River Valley. “My grandfather homesteaded here in 1901. My grandmother ...

Seed potato plants exposed to low levels of the herbicide glyphosate this year can damage next year's seed significantly, according to Andy Robinson, North Dakota State University and University of ...

SABIN, Minn. -- They're up. Seed potatoes at the R. Schmidt Potato Co., at Sabin, Minn., are just emerging to 8 inches tall, thanks to a favorable planting season. Randy Schmidt said that despite a ...