St. Patrick's Day is the time to plant potatoes in much of the Midwest. They will withstand the less severe frost of early spring -- at least the usually less severe frost. This year -- hard to predict :-) My dad loved to garden and I remember his excitement at getting ready to plant potatoes because that meant spring was here. Barring rain or blizzard -- potatoes were in the ground in the middle of March as close to St. Patrick's Day as possible. Eventually the neighbor, also an avid gardener, came up with a great labor saving method he'd heard about. Save a spot in the big compost pile and just shove the potato eyes in the crumbly mix of organic material --near St. Patrick's Day -- and wait. I was reminded of this when pins began proliferating on Pinterest claiming that you ... [Read More]