I grew up in Idaho. Yet I’ve never eaten a potato that I dug myself. It seems that a girl raised in a state with “Famous Potatoes” on the license plate should give potatoes a try. Also, I had fresh ...

Typically, I plant potatoes in the ground. This spring, however, I tried the idea of container-planting potatoes in corrugated cardboard boxes. (See From the Ground Up, March 30, 2025.) This turned ...

ROANOKE – Home contractor Rob Leonard visits Daytime to show his potato growing box. Rob shares the advantages of growing using a potato box, let's us know what he needs, and walks us through the ...

Potato maturity depends on the variety, ranging from about 110 days for early types to over 120 days for late ones. Key harvest signals include firm skin, flowering for early harvests, and foliage ...

I have some favorite plants in the vegetable garden, and one of the most treasured is the sweet potato. The vining sweet potato plant shades soil, winding around peppers and eggplants, and between ...

In this video, learn how to plant potatoes for a productive fall crop. Gardeners in warmer climates can take advantage of mild winters to grow potatoes for an early spring harvest, while those in ...

BOISE, Idaho — We all know that potatoes are a big crop here in Idaho, but have you ever tried growing sweet potatoes? Believe it or not, sweet potatoes aren’t really related to the regular potatoes ...

The Sand Mountain area was once covered in potato fields, but that crop has mostly disappeared from local farms.