Skip the produce section and start growing potatoes in your own backyard. All you need is a sunny space to grow them, a steady supply of water, and seed potatoes (the sprouted portion of a potato that ...

April is a time when growing potatoes really kicks off. In many climates, it is a month when early and maincrop potatoes are planted, and a bit of pre-planting attention can make a big difference to ...

Those spuds will be ready to be mashed and buttered in no time. If you choose the right variety, you could have a generous potato harvest in as little as three months. You can speed up your potato ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Potato maturity depends on the variety, ranging from about 110 days for early types to over 120 days for late ones. Key harvest ...

Plant sprouted potatoes to avoid waste and get a nice, unexpected harvest of fresh potatoes. It happens to all of us at some point: there, at the back of the cupboard, a few stray potatoes go wrinkly ...

Sweet potatoes are grown from sprouts called slips, not from seeds. Plant slips in late May or early June on raised soil ridges after the danger of frost has passed. This low-maintenance crop requires ...