Prepare for a long growing season and harvest before the first frost. Harvest by digging carefully with a shovel or garden fork. Sweet potatoes develop their best flavor after curing and can be stored ...

November is Sweet Potato Awareness Month. It coincides with the heart of harvest season and Thanksgiving, a food-centered ...

Harvest after first light frost for best results. The first frost of fall is approaching, and it’s time to think about harvesting your sweet potato crop. For best results, dig sweet potatoes after the ...

One of my readers asked me a few years ago when a person should dig up her sweet potato vines and harvest her sweet tubers. You know sweet potato is not even related to the potato, which would make ...

In this masterclass, discover the secrets to growing sweet potatoes, a versatile crop that can sustain your family. The video ...

“You dig a big yam up with a stick made out of yuka, it has to be a big one,” explains Abia Bai, a community elder from the Maiyawa tribe, who is sharing with me the secret to a good yam harvest. Find ...

Wrapping yam seeds in biodegradable paper made from a mixture of unusable parts of banana plants and recycled cardboard boxes sharply increased yam size and yields in field tests conducted in Benin, ...

“What’s in a name?” William Shakespeare once wrote. “Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?” It’s a valid point for sure… unless we’re talking about sweet potatoes. Because one by its other ...

One of the featured bands, Yam Yam, warms up at the Harvest Groove Festival. Comedian Chris Jones performs at the Harvest Groove Festival. People listen to a poetry reading during the Harvest Groove ...

WILKES-BARRE — Silent Sound System LLC and the Keystone Arts Center, a new performing arts space, announced Harvest Groove, an indoor/outdoor music and arts festival coming to Luzerne County on Sept.