Our garden columnist is tackling a Thanksgiving debate: what is a sweet potato and what is a yam? And which one should you ...

My father was not a fan of sweet potatoes. He claimed that one winter when he lived on the farm that’s all they had to eat. My aunt, his sister, said that was pure fabrication. The veracity of the ...

Use a supermarket sweet potato to start your own plants. Sweet potatoes like warm weather, growing during frost-free times of the year. Plant them in spring after the last frost and harvest between ...

There’s something deeply satisfying about cutting into a warm, flaky pie filled with savory, vegetable-packed goodness. These ...

No fall feast is complete without a side of mashed or fried sweet potatoes, but you'll need to watch out for these red flags ...