You don’t need your own private Idaho to grow potatoes. Greg Lutovsky, who has been growing potatoes as a business since 1993, says you can grow 100 pounds of potatoes in 4 square feet. All it takes ...

How do you plant potatoes in a grow bag? While it may seem impractical to plant such a cheap vegetable, the flavor of homegrown potatoes can’t be beat. Homegrown produce comes in more varieties than ...

Discover the simple and sustainable method to grow potatoes right at home using an everyday cardboard box! In this video, we ...

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 ...

Planting potatoes in the fall gives you a second harvest and fresher food as the weather cools. Fall planting is most effective in mild winter regions, where short-season varieties mature before frost ...

The Irish potatoes that I grew in raised beds were healthy and stored well, but building a raised bed can be costly and requires hard work. I wanted an alternative that was easy to build, inexpensive, ...

It may seem strange to start talking about Christmas in July. But summer in the Northern Hemisphere is when gardeners need to start thinking about the colder months to come. This month or next, you ...

Here is a project that is easy to grow and good to eat – “bagged potatoes.” You can grow potatoes in a garbage bag. To plant your potatoes, get one of the larger garbage bags. Poke a few drainage ...

Planting potatoes in the fall can extend your growing season. Planting potatoes in the fall gives you a second harvest and fresher food as the weather cools. Fall planting is most effective in mild ...

Potatoes seem like the kind of plant you'd need a substantial garden for—the kind your grandparents had, right? Actually, tubers aren't all that picky, and you can harvest a whole lot from almost any ...