Learn how to grow sweet potato vine, an annual vining plant used to add color to containers. Plus learn if you'll see flowers ...

Learn how to grow sweet potatoes in your garden. This guide covers planting, care, harvesting, and curing for a bountiful crop.

One of my readers asked me a few years ago when a person should dig up her sweet potato vines and harvest her sweet tubers. You know sweet potato is not even related to the potato, which would make ...

Sweet potato plants can each yield eight or more edible roots. These southern staples are sometimes bypassed for more traditional Irish potatoes, but sweets are just as versatile in soups, stews, ...

The rate of yam consumption is high in West Africa, thanks to its health benefits. Against this background, there are efforts by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and others ...

Sweet potatoes are easy to grow, but they require heat and a long growing season -- more than the amount of time listed on planting instructions. That was the conclusion drawn by the Master Gardeners ...

November brings with it Thanksgiving and an annual feast which usually includes sweet potatoes in one form or another. Accordingly, it is an opportune time to learn a bit more about this important ...

Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) of the Dioscoreaceae (Yam Family), occurs from Texas to Nebraska to Minnesota and states eastward to the Atlantic Coast. In Arkansas, wild yam occurs statewide. The plant, ...