Survival Gardening for Pandemics
Potatoes: Which Varieties Store The Longest, Cook The Best, And Grow Just About Anywhere
The cultivation of potatoes originated in South America, where the Incas of Peru grew them for food some 10,000 years ago. The original potato, though, bore little resemblance to today’s enormous, oblong, white-fleshed tuber. [ … ]
Food
The Humble Root Vegetables: Easy Winter Storage
As a child growing up in southern Idaho, October meant one thing: spud harvest time. School was cancelled for two weeks and everyone, young and old, headed to the fields to help bring the potatoes [ … ]
Survival Gardening for Pandemics
How To Grow Potatoes Indoors, Using Straw
Did you know that you can grow potatoes in a container with just a little bit of soil and a whole bunch of straw? You bet you can. Using straw has a couple of huge [ … ]