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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 live in the middle of a major potato growing region of the U.S. We can get good quality, standard-variety potatoes fairly inexpensively, so why waste garden space on growing potatoes? While quality ...

If you have a small space for growing vegetables but still want a big harvest, potatoes may be the perfect addition to your garden. You can easily grow potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) in a vertical ...