If you’re thinking about growing your own potatoes this year, there’s one important skill to learn before you get started: how to chit seed potatoes. Many gardeners agree that learning how to grow ...

The Ides of March, March 15, was not a good day for Julius Caesar but it is a good day for planting seed potatoes. The phrase “Beware the Ides of March” was a warning given to Julius Caesar in William ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Potatoes are typically planted in mid to late spring, depending on where you live. They can be planted up ...

If you’ve only tasted store-bought potatoes, it’s time to experience the remarkable flavor and convenience of homegrown spuds by learning how to plant seed potatoes. The key is to start with certified ...

Williamstown, NY -- Drive by a potato farm and it doesn’t look like much. Nothing much is growing above the ground like sweet corn, peppers or other vegetables. All that’s visible are mounds of soil.

KARLSTAD, Minn. -- A Dagen Heritage Farms' truck loaded with 17 tons of newly harvested seed potatoes rumbles down a rural Minnesota highway on a drizzly late-September morning. Newly harvested ...

Q: I bought some seed potatoes by mail and stored them in my basement. They grew long sprouts. Can I still plant them? A: Yes, you can. The University of Minnesota Extension recommends buying ...

Virus-free foundation seed potatoes are available for sale from the Sweet Potato Research Station for the 2018 production season. Beauregard B-63, Beauregard B-14 and Evangeline varieties are ...

of the Atchley family The Teton Range provides a backdrop for the Atchley Farm in eastern Idaho. The family farm produces seed potatoes, seed canola and cattle. ASHTON, Idaho — The Atchley farm in ...

If you've driven much around the Adirondacks, you've most likely seen one of the North Country's largest seed potato farms; you just didn't know... Apr 18, 2017 — If you've driven much around the ...

In the little hamlet of Fishers, now part of the town of Victor, potatoes were king! From the Civil War to well after World War I, every available space was planted with potatoes. The sandy loam soil ...