Tim Cochran, an occupational therapist assistant at Shady Lawn Nursing Home, holds two of the giant sweet potatoes he grew in his home garden. The larger one weighed in at 20 pounds. Cochran said this was his first time to grow the spuds and, to his surprise, he pulled up about 10 large potatoes and a wheelbarrow of regular-sized ones. Cochran planned to share the giant potatoes with the nursing home’s residents.