I sowed 8 potatoes from my kitchen cupboard back in mid-August. By mid-December they were ready to harvest. I left them in the ground for a while because I was still eating the last harvest of potatoes. But when I finally dug them up, I had 2 1/2 kilos of beautiful potatoes waiting for me.
I don’t think all 8 sprouted – maybe 5 – but I’m not complaining, how could I? In 4 months my simple kitchen potatoes produced a yummy pile of new kitchen potatoes with zero care and attention required on my part – they didn’t have any problem with insects, I watered them but only when everything else needed a drink, I didn’t have to worry about them getting too hot or withered or woody if I didn’t harvest at their peak, even the possums and bandicoots left them alone. I buried them and then a score of weeks later came back and harvested; I can’t think of anything easier than that.
Laura Rittenhouse's Gardening Journal 
Good result! I think some things go better than others because of soil, climate etc and I prefer to grow the stuff that grows with the least intervention possible.
Absolutely. I’ve figured out (sometimes the hard way) that it’s better to learn from my garden than to try to teach it what to do 🙂
If only they didn’t take up so much room! They look beautiful! I do agree about plants with little intervention, but I have an itch for a challenge sometimes…!
They don’t take up any more room that broccoli does for the amount of food they produce – in fact I’d say they take up less room.
Oh, if you like a challenge, then gardening is definitely the hobby for you!
Both of which take up too much room for my small balcony! Lol. But, if I had ground to grow in, definitely would be worth growing potatoes.