By Marion Waters
Potatoes are a highly nutritious and versatile vegetable that can be grown in any garden or in pots.
They are a fairly simple crop to plant – just plop a seed potato in a hole and cover it up. No need to work the soil or even amend it too much. But even with the simplest of crops, there are ways to enhance quality and yields.
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