Over time vegetable gardeners start to find all sorts of self-seeding food plants freely pop up throughout the garden. Potatoes are a great self-seeding food crop and are often produced from small ...

Planting potatoes under the wrong weather conditions can result in your plants becoming damaged or even dying, so is fall the right season for your crops?

Versatile, delicious, and multifarious, potatoes are a wonder crop. Knowing how to prepare them is a core culinary skill. Start with these 10 methods.

Every year in the early weeks of fall, potato farmers race to dig up their fields before the first frosts hit. Since at least the 1940s, students get a break from school to help out during the busy ...

Bryan Searle dug potatoes early Sept. 29 and aimed to finish harvest the next day. “All in all, digging went quite well,” he said. Idaho potato harvest […] ...

Usually, you won’t find enough white grubs in a home garden to do significant damage, but if their numbers are high, they can wipe out a crop.

When it comes to food, the Greeks do a lotta things right, from breakfast staples like Greek yogurt — not to be confused with regular yogurt — to the iconic Greek salad, and smoky grill favorites like ...

Do you have lots of green tomatoes on your vines? Are you afraid you won’t get to see them ripen or get to use them before it turns cold? It is likely that we will soon have a killing freeze in our ...

Onions are ready for harvest about two-and-a-half to four months after planting. You'll know they're ready when their leaves start to flop over. After you harvest them, make sure to cure your onions ...

When it comes to harvesting, fruit usually falls into one of two categories: the type that continues to ripen off the tree, and the type that doesn’t. In the former category, it's best to harvest ...

Locally grown apples and pumpkins are readily available at farmers markets and roadside stands. But for those up for a stroll outdoors, these Peoria-area orchards and farms let you pick your own ...