Although potatoes are usually grown in the spring, the cool weather of fall may also be a good time to plant these varieties, ...
Three potato towers in front of a raised garden bed - denise1203/Shutterstock If you have a small space for growing vegetables but still want a big harvest, potatoes may be the perfect addition to ...
This is a unique harvest and "how to" of brake light potatoes grown in a raised bed garden. We check out the harvest and go through several tips and tricks on how I grow potatoes and sometimes how I ...
Over time vegetable gardeners start to find all sorts of self-seeding food plants freely pop up throughout the garden.
It’s been a remarkable growing season. I picked leaf lettuce through the end of July, harvested potatoes at the beginning of August, and this past Thursday I collected the first pick of green beans.
Which potato grow bag is best? Whether you’re a first-time grower or a longtime horticulturist, a satisfying and easy crop to grow is potatoes. A recent trend is to grow potatoes in potato grow bags.
Who doesn’t love a good tuber, whether it’s the sweetness of baked sweet potatoes or the crispy-hot goodness of french fries? In Southern California, tubers can be grown quite easily. We asked experts ...
It’s time — or getting to be time — for us gardeners to reap what we’ve sown. Although it’s fairly evident when some edibles, like tomatoes, are ripe for the picking (uniform red, yellow or orange ...
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 ...
With land for farming shrinking day by day, thanks to urbanisation, there is need to embrace smart solutions. Growing potatoes is one such creative step that works where space is a challenge. To grow ...