A beautiful morning!

Looking toward a parking lot (right) and the practice field (left).

I'd been looking forward to visiting The University of Memphis, my alma mater, for the The Delta--Everything Southern conference.  I knew there had been a lot of construction in honor of the university's 100th anniversary, but I was totally unprepared for one of the new additions.  Nestled in a formerly unkempt space surrounded by Elma Roane Field House, the band practice field/track, a parking lot, and a parking garage was the university's lovely urban garden.

Mama, Them Tater's Got Eyes!

I don't know about your house, but in my house, the potato is a staple of our diet.  Late in the winter I had a few which were sprouting so I decided to try growing them.  I lined inexpensive laundry baskets with gardener's cloth and filled them half-full with potting soil.  I cut the potatoes into chunks with a sprouted eye in each.  (You can let them dry a bit.)  Plant four of each "eyes" around the edge of each basket.  Keep moist but not soggy in a warm sunny place.

They should begin sprouting in a few weeks.

Once they've grown about six inches above the top of the basket, fill the basket to the rim with more potting soil.  Keep moist and in a sunny spot.  Each basket should produce about 8 pounds of potatoes, I'm told.  What fun!

Update!  Here's the crop:

Not bad for a first try!  The potatoes ranged from marble-sized to about 3 inches.  I'm really excited about the next try!