Complex sentence: One of the party, James Burke, is said to have thrown away some potato peelings while cooking; a year later, when the party returned to the area, they found potatoes growing in the area where the peels had been left.
Split into simpler sentences: One of the party, James Burke, is said to have thrown away some potato peelings while cooking. A year later, when the party returned to the area, they found potatoes growing in the area where the peels had been left.