Plant potatoes 2 to 4 weeks prior to your last frost date. Follow all my tips below to keep your seed potatoes from rotting ...

If you're starting up a vegetable plot on very weedy ... fertile garden soil, nestle two seed potatoes into the top of the compost and then top up with more compost or soil to within 2.5cm ...

While you can grow a sweet potato from an old store-bought one, Christy Wilhelmi warns against the practise. ‘It's best to grow them from slips, these are available from online seed companies. It is a ...