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 ...

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 ...

'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, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With their charming, leafy vines and delightful surprise harvest, potatoes bring a little magic to any ...

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 ...

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 ...

February is a busy month for vegetable gardeners. It’s an ideal time to begin making preparations for a spring garden, and there is still time to get cool-season crops — such as turnips, broccoli and ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: I love home-grown potatoes, but have never tried my hand at growing them. When do you plant them and what varieties? — Ricky, Danville Dear Reader: A good way to start would be to ...

FAIRBANKS — There’s gold in them thar hills, especially if you’ve planted one of the yellow-fleshed potato varieties offered by Alaska-certified seed producers. Varieties available to home gardeners ...

You don’t need your own private Idaho to grow potatoes. Greg Lutovsky, who has been growing potatoes as a business since 1993, says you can grow 100 pounds of potatoes in 4 square feet. All it takes ...

Although St. Patrick's Day is the traditional day to plant potatoes, Mid-Missouri weather usually does not cooperate. This year was no exception, at least not in my garden. There have not been too ...