In the world of maximizing yield, missing a chance to plant a seed is costly. A new Spudnick potato planter looks to make the planting process much more efficient for R.D. Offutt Farms. R.D. Offutt ...

Discover new ways to maximize your garden space in Building Projects for Backyard Farmers and Home Gardeners (Fox Chapel Publishing, 2012) by Chris Gleason. Plans for trellises, raised beds and ...

Talking about his new potato planter, Jay LaJoie uses a matter-of-fact tone to describe technology that would have seemed like science fiction to previous generations of farmers. A GPS system will ...

In the category of “Use What You Have,” I decided to try an experiment in reusing and recycling. When I first started building my garden and raised beds, I ordered several bulk bags of garden loam and ...

Although potatoes are usually grown in the spring, the cool weather of fall may also be a good time to plant these varieties, ...

My father was not a fan of sweet potatoes. He claimed that one winter when he lived on the farm that’s all they had to eat. My aunt, his sister, said that was pure fabrication. The veracity of the ...

Time lapse of growing eyes of potatoes into harvestable tubers over 90 days. The eye was cut off of a store-bought russet ...