Try 3 different methods for growing potatoes, including how to grow a potato tower, plus curing and storage tips. Why go through all the effort of digging a trench, hilling up your potatoes, and all ...

Potatoes are versatile, tasty, and rich in vitamins. They're not too shabby as a garden crop, either—they're easy to grow and can keep for the entire winter. The downside is that they take up a lot of ...

Editor's note: Chronicle staffer Jane Tunks, a novice gardener, is using The Chronicle's rooftop garden as her classroom, with Fred Bové and Kevin Bayuk from the San Francisco Permaculture Guild as ...

Americans have rediscovered fresh, locally grown food, they love it, and, increasingly, they want to grow it themselves. Last year, 35 percent of all American households, 42 million of them, grew food ...

We are all looking for better ways to increase the production in our gardens but do potato towers actually work? We know that throughout history the idea of hilling our potatoes has been used. Hilling ...

This is a cheap, space-saving, easy way to grow potatoes. Build your own tower garden growing system for your spuds so you have potatoes this fall and winter. Last season’s potato crop, like all our ...

Potatoes an be easily grown in either of two ways: In flat ground, the potatoes are planted a few inches below the soil with mulch loosely hilled up as the plants grow. In a potato tower, a length of ...

But that's not all because he also demonstrates how to build your own potato tower. Produce fresh from your indoor garden just became a possibility. If you are new to growing fruit and vegetables from ...

"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 ever seen a short plant with broad leaves and a violet, shooting-star flower, that was mostly likely a potato plant. This may puzzle new gardeners, but as tubers, potatoes won't be hanging ...

This week, gardening columnist Don Kinzler fields questions about pruning an indoor lemon tree, preventing squirrel damage, and growing potatoes in a tire tower. Reader Sandy F. asks gardening ...

A BLOOMING lovely indoor garden could be within your grasp this summer with tips from a garden pro. He said his easy-to-follow plant method will save you money on seeds. But that's not all because he ...