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    Vegetable Harvest Time: When To Pick

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    Most home garden vegetable crops should be harvested and used as soon as they are just large enough. A common home garden mistake is waiting too long to pick and eat vegetables. Don’t wait until your vegetables look like the ones you would buy in the market. Market growers let crops reach a certain size […] More

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    Snap Beans: Harvest and Storage

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    Your bean harvest time will depend on what you plan to do with the beans after picking. Snap beans or green beans harvest: Green beans are ready for harvest when they are about the size of a pencil. The seeds inside will be just visible–they’ll look like small bumps. Depending on the variety you have […] More