Editor's note: Chronicle staffer Jane Tunks, a novice gardener, is using The Chronicle's rooftop garden as her classroom, with Fred Bové and Kevin Bayuk from the San Francisco Permaculture Guild as ...

Americans have rediscovered fresh, locally grown food, they love it, and, increasingly, they want to grow it themselves. Last year, 35 percent of all American households, 42 million of them, grew food ...

Gone are the days when people only grew potatoes in large beds – the trend of growing food vertically is becoming more and more common, which is brilliant for people with limited outside space.

This is a cheap, space-saving, easy way to grow potatoes. Build your own tower garden growing system for your spuds so you have potatoes this fall and winter. Last season’s potato crop, like all our ...