Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sweet potatoes root prolifically and slips are started indoors in water or soil or outdoors directly in the garden. Read more here ...

Enjoy the benefits of this root vegetable.

Every year, I try something new in my garden, whether that's a new variety of some vegetable I've grown before, or some completely new gardening technique. This year, I decided to try my hand at ...

Compared to other crops, not many gardeners in our area grow sweet potatoes. Traditionally they have been considered a warm climate crop. Sweet potatoes are grown by planting root sprouts called ...

How are potatoes grown? Potatoes thrive in well-drained soil and require ample sunlight to grow well. Remember to space out your seed potatoes properly when planting to give them room to develop.

For the summer flower garden, ornamental sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) make a beautiful, dependable addition. They thrive in the intense heat of our summers, and May through August is the perfect ...

Locally-grown sweet potatoes quickly became a hit at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op. A Nov. 12 Facebook post from the Co-op says, “Our rich Skagit soil makes for spectacular spuds, so stock up while you ...

Unlike regular potatoes, sweet potatoes do not have eyes that grow into new plants. Skins contain fine roots—just like beets and carrots do—that can be coaxed into producing slips which are sweet ...