Growing potatoes is actually much easier than most people think. You don’t need a massive garden or special equipment, just [ ...

In this video, I show you how to grow sweet potato in containers or pots. Growing sweet potato in containers is particularly useful for small spaces such as a balcony garden but can also allow for the ...

Planting sweet potatoes indoors even has some distinct advantages over growing them outside. They can thrive year-round, as ...

In my last article I wrote about creating a fall vegetable garden. We all know that prior to planting, you must harvest what ...

Growing sweet potatoes at home is easy and rewarding, yielding a delicious crop with minimal care. Start slips from healthy potatoes, plant after frost in warm, sunny, well-drained soil, then space, ...

The Potato was added to Grow a Garden as part of the Fairy Update. The Potato is a hard plant to put into a section on our plant tier list. Yes, it's a multi-harvest plant which is always good to have ...

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 ...

Growing sweet potatoes in containers lets you start earlier, manage space, and protect plants from frost. Choose compact, non-vining varieties like Bunch Porto Rico or Vardaman for easier container ...

The humble modern-day potato, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago, got its start in the Andes mountains before becoming a key crop the world depends on. But because plants don’t preserve well in ...

Waiting to buy a house with a big garden so you can start your gardening journey? Well, don’t. You can grow vegetables in the smallest of spaces, such as a balcony or even a windowsill using ...