Plant sweet potato slips in the garden 12 to 18 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart. In hot, sunny weather, protect new transplants with row cover or overturned pots to discourage wilting and dieback.

Slip some of these delicious, easy-to-grow veggies into your garden this year. Tropical sweet potato plants are related to morning glories and are very easy to grow. They require a long ...

For most Americans, having a garden is a hobby. While you may enjoy the produce of your garden, the chance that most of your ...

Maincrops take up the most space in the garden, but they tend to be the best varieties to grow if you want some for storage. Your home-grown potatoes should be ready for lifting from June until ...

It is finally time to harvest our sweet potatoes. We planted ours in the summer, as sweet potatoes are one of the few plants that can be planted and will thrive during the peak of our summer heat.

I jumped the gun and planted my small crop of potatoes on Sunday, March 15. The truth in this old wives’ tale is not so much in the date of March 17, but in the fact that planting in March will ...

See it: at Home Grown designed by Jon Wheatly Grow it: Start from cuttings, or slips, three to a generous container in spring. Sweet potatoes are very cold-sensitive, so if you grow them outside ...

This is a glimpse into The Great Sweet Potato Dig, an initiative run by The Sweet Potato Project with a mission to reduce ...

Chef Sean Sherman pays tribute to Native American cuisine with these beautiful sweet potatoes. Utilizing foods indigenous to the Americas, his recipe consists of grill mark-kissed sweet potatoes ...

A non-governmental organisation has embarked on an initiative to encourage the Samburu community to plant sweet potatoes. The initiative by the Childfund-Kenya in partnership with the County ...