YouTube: How to Cure Potatoes for Storage
Potatoes are easy to grow, but you have to cure them to last longer in storage. Our latest video shows you how to do that easily.
YouTube: How to Sprout Seed Potatoes
Our latest YouTube video shows you exactly how to sprout seed potatoes before planting them this season. We also explore what conditions are best for sprouting spuds.
YouTube: Harvest Potatoes from Less Space – Part 2
In Part 1 of Grow Potatoes from Less Space, we showed you how to plant potatoes in a vertical garden. This video is all about harvesting!
Why do we hill up potatoes?
YouTube: Why Do We Hill Up Potatoes?
You've probably heard that you're supposed to hill up potatoes, but do you know why? In our latest video, Christy explains the two reasons why it's a good idea.
YouTube: How To Harvest Potatoes In Raised Beds
Our latest YouTube video shows you how to harvest potatoes in raised beds. It also walks you through the process of curing them for storage, so they'll last longer.
Grow potatoes in fall (in warm-winter climates) and spring everywhere.
YouTube: How to Plant Potatoes In Raised Beds for a Big Harvest
Our latest YouTube video helps you plant potatoes in raised beds for a big harvest. If you haven't grown potatoes before, put it on your list of fun things to do.
YouTube: Potatoes Vs. Sweet Potatoes
I often find myself explaining the difference between potatoes vs. sweet potatoes: their growth habit, when they grow, how to harvest them. It seemed only fitting to do a video about it.
This potatoes has at least 1 eye that is long enough to plant.
Sprouting Seed Potatoes
White potatoes get a bum wrap, but they are the most delicious tuber to grow in your own backyard. Not only that, they are easy and fun to grow, especially if you have children. From sprouting your own seed potatoes to digging for buried treasure, growing potatoes provides wonder and joy for kids and adults alike. First things first - sprouting seed potatoes Potatoes grow from potatoes, so it's easy to start your own. You may even have skanky potatoes…
All-blue, russet and red potatoes are jewels from the garden.
The Martian and His Potatoes…and Mistakes
Everyone, I mean everyone told me, "You must see The Martian. He grows potatoes on Mars." So I went. It was well done, except for a couple things: 1) No one could possibly stay that positive in those circumstances, and 2) His potato-growing experiment most assuredly would have failed. Walking out of the theater, my husband asked how accurate the potato farming was. After counting on my fingers the errors made, his first words were, "They should've asked you." Let's…
YouTube: Planting Potatoes in Pots
Our latest YouTube video is live, and it's all about planting potatoes in pots. Here in Southern California we can plant potatoes in fall or spring. For those in cooler climates, you may have to wait until spring, but here's something to keep you learning through the winter: https://youtu.be/AbsZYZAx46o We have plenty of blog posts on how to grow and harvest potatoes no matter where you live. Check out these links for details about planting potatoes, harvesting and growing in…