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Summary: Learn about the different types of potatoes to grow in this free video on home gardens.
Doug Smiddy has had an active interest in gardening as long has he can remember. "When people ask me haw long I've been gardening, I like to tell them that I've had the dirt under my...read more
Potatoes were first harvested in modern day Peru and then spread to Europe through the colonization of South America. Since its initiation into Western cuisine, potatoes have been grown and harvested all over the world and provide an important source of starch. This root is easy to plant and farm and always a good thing to include in your home farm or garden.
In this free video series, watch as expert farmer and gardener Doug Smiddy teaches how to grow potatoes. Learn the different types of potatoes, how to dig a trench for potatoes, where to plant potatoes, how to fertilize potatoes, how to plant potatoes, how to harvest potatoes, how to stop potato beetles, and how to cure potatoes. Start farming potatoes today with the help of ExpertVillage.
"Hi! I'm Doug Smiddy of Smiddy's Gardening Services here on behalf of expertvillage.com. Today we are going to talk about how to plant, grow and harvest potatoes. Now there are lots of different varieties of potatoes that you can choose from and choosing really depends on how you like to cook your potatoes. Some are good for baking, some are good for frying and some are good for potato salad. Today we will just concentrate on a couple of different types. Now this is a classical Russet potato which is probably the standard in baking potato. You can tell by the nice oblong shape and oh boy, are they good. And the other one I will show you for example today, will be a red potato. I definitely recommend growing a few different types so you have a little variety. To me they are all good. You can't go wrong. "
eHow Article: Types of Potatoes to Grow
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