Potatoes are one of the most versatile and popular vegetables eaten throughout the world. A crop failure of this vegetable caused by a pathogen in just one country in the mid-1800s was responsible for ...

Potatoes are a rewarding crop that will give you a high yield as long as you provide them with the right growing conditions. Once planted, they need minimal tending until harvest time. Best of all, ...

How are potatoes grown? Potatoes thrive in well-drained soil and require ample sunlight to grow well. Remember to space out your seed potatoes properly when planting to give them room to develop.

Those white potatoes that were planted on the Ides of March have a lot of activity going on under the ground right now. While the above ground green shoots put out new leaves and stems the underground ...

Potatoes are such a good vegetable to grow in our gardens. They are pretty simple to grow for the most part, and once you get your harvest, potatoes will keep in the refrigerator for quite a while.

If you don’t have room in your garden plot to plant potatoes, they will grow well in large cloth grow bags or containers. (SUSAN MULVIHILL/FOR THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) Buy this photo Potatoes are one of ...

What do you know about Spuds? Not the vegetable … the small community near Hastings with a long history of potato farming. Starting with several Minorcan families settling in the area in the 1700s ...

If you want to grow potatoes, it’s time to get them in the ground. Potatoes are easy to cultivate and provide many essential vitamins such as calcium, iron, vitamins B6 and C and potassium. They also ...

Potatoes are a versatile and popular vegetable that can be grown in home gardens. Plant certified seed potatoes in spring and harvest new potatoes after flowering or wait for larger tubers after the ...