One of the most popular vegetables in the home garden is the "Irish" potato. A native of South America, the potato didn't become an important food crop until it was introduced to Ireland in the 16th ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - It’s time to start planting your seed potatoes, says Tim Hartmann with Texas A&M AgriLife. “We call them seed potatoes but they’re not really seed,” said Hartmann.

'What is your newspaper article going to cover next week?", my wife asked, recently. "Potatoes," I replied. "You're going to write about Yukon Gold aren't you?", she asked. "Yes, I am," I responded, ...

The potato, one off the most important vegetable crops in the world, is available in cultivars of many shapes, sizes and colors. There are over 1,000 different varieties of potatoes that can be grown ...

Did you get your potatoes planted on Good Friday? I didn’t either. Planting while there’s snow on the ground seems wrong. And chiseling frozen soil seems imprudent. Ever since I was a little boy, I ...

Call this the Year of the Potato. My other half, Rick, and I decided we wanted to grow something new in our vegetable garden this year. Call this the Year of the Potato. My other half, Rick, and I ...