For beginner gardeners seeking a forgiving, high-yield crop, potatoes are an excellent starting point — especially since they ...

Plant sprouted potatoes to avoid waste and get a nice, unexpected harvest of fresh potatoes. It happens to all of us at some ...

Potatoes are a delicious vegetable you can easily grow at home—whether you have a garden or not. In fact, planting this crop in containers helps ensure a great harvest. When growing potatoes in pots, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gardener holding freshly harvested sweet potatoes - Tom Werner/Getty Images If you've been interested in growing your own sweet ...

EUGENE — When he was 9 years old and riding with his brother on the back of a two-seater tractor on 30 acres in Southern California, Gary Jordan planted sweet potatoes one at a time. “It took us weeks ...

I often suggest that the best things to grow in your garden are fruits and vegetables we enjoy eating. Sometimes, though, our gardens may exceed our appetites. After growing 15 kale plants, my family ...