Potato soup is ladled out at the Manuta Potato Festival in Mantua, Ohio. Mashed potato cake is sold by a church group at the Manuta Potato Festival in Mantua, Ohio. Mash potatoes again until smooth, ...

The first year I grew potatoes, I was a bit alarmed when they all started to die by midsummer. Then I did a bit more research, poked around in the dirt and discovered that when the plant above ground ...

Digging potatoes is like Christmas morning for me - rich, loamy dirt gives way to surprises underneath. It's like hidden treasure. I can remember my young nephews enjoying the process of helping me ...

A bushel basket of fresh potatoes is an inspiration for dinner. (M. KATHLEEN KELLY/FOR THE STAR-LEDGER) The potato is a stand-up guy. Ask him to go get boiled with you on a Saturday and he's game.

I am not rich. Wasn't born with the proverbial silver spoon in mouth. Not even pewter, if truth be told. I'm sure if I bothered to trace them, my Irish, French and Polish roots would lead to a long ...

First photo: Rumirose Amwel, 8, digs for sweet potatoes along with other youths from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui’s Mentor Center during a visit to the GoFarm Hawaii garden on the UH-Maui College ...

FAIRBANKS — There’s gold in them thar hills, especially if you’ve planted one of the yellow-fleshed potato varieties offered by Alaska-certified seed producers. Varieties available to home gardeners ...

We may grow more tomatoes in our home gardens, but we have some appetite for potatoes. The average American consumes about 125 pounds of potatoes annually, according to Sunspiced USA, a national ...

POTATOES MUST BE my favorite thing to dig, next to clams, but clam season is closed so I’m digging potatoes. I know what you’re thinking, people are supposed to dig potatoes in the fall when the vines ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - There is a potato patch in south central Nebraska that allows the public to come out and get their hands dirty. Joe Culver and his family use antique potato picking equipment ...

THERE ARE FEW things I enjoy more than digging potatoes in the snow. I know, I should have dug them sooner but it’s just another example of my fishing problem that left many fall chores undone. And ...