Sweet potatoes are a great substitute for white potatoes in your diet. Many people can't, or shouldn't, eat white potatoes. White potatoes contain small amounts of solanine, a naturally occurring ...

A staple crop for years, sweet potatoes are fairly easy to grow right in your own backyard—it just takes a little time and know-how to do it right. We asked gardening experts to break down the steps ...

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. Still enjoying wonderful weather in May. It is a busy time of year with graduations and schools finishing up for summer break. Congratulations to all of ...

What many folks call yams in the South are actually sweet potatoes, a morning glory relative. True yams are a tropical root crop not related to sweet potatoes. Healthy, nutritious sweet potatoes by ...

My dad was a real aficionado at growing sweet potatoes. But then again, he had a thumb so green he could poke a broomstick in the soil and within a few days it would sprout. It wasn’t until just a few ...

Sweet potatoes and yams are not the same thing. Yams are herbaceous, perennial vines with a starchy tuber. They are monocots and are in the genus, Dioscorea. They are native to Africa, Asia and Latin ...

Sweet potatoes are unique in the gardening world in the way they are started and planted. While most vegetable crops are planted from seed or rooted transplants, sweet potatoes are planted from ...

I was hoping you could spend some time with me in the vegetable garden as I plant some rare purple sweet potatoes, tend to ...

We have experienced torrential rainfall the past few days, with some Southeast Texas areas receiving more than 20 inches of rain. Spring weather and climate patterns constantly change, and this ...

Sweet potatoes are a super source of vitamin A. A half-cup contains more than twice the recommended daily amount of vitamin A needed to maintain normal vision. Sweet potatoes also are rich in vitamins ...

Sweet potatoes are easy to grow—you just need a little patience. A staple crop for years, sweet potatoes are fairly easy to grow right in your own backyard—it just takes a little time and know-how to ...