it's the first day of spring today or tomorrow - either way, it is time to do some planting. the only thing to hand is some old potatoes...ones that have been kept beyond their use-by date and have sprouted arms and legs. time for an experiment. years ago when i had a vegetable patch, i threw some potatoes in the soil and lo and behold they produced little potatoes! i have no patch this time but i do have an empty pot begging for lodgers. take some old, sprouted potatoes, stick in well-nourished soil and wait. the potatoes used were russian banana fingerlings.