FREE online courses on Vegetable Gardening - Harvesting Vegetables
Harvesting a large garden can actually get to be a nightmare
if you don't monitor it fairly carefully, especially in a really successful
growing season.
It's not a bad idea at planting time to set up an expected
harvest schedule based on each vegetable's predicted harvest date (found on the
seed package).
Then make it a point to get into the garden at the proper
times and remove the ripe vegetables. Otherwise, they can rot pretty quickly in
the summer heat.
And don't be surprised if you're bringing out a basketful of
fresh vegetables every day for 2 or 3 months.