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August 15, 2025

How to tell when your garden veggies are ripe for harvesting

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Associated Press

It's time — or getting to be time — for us gardeners to reap what we've sown.

Although it's fairly evident when some edibles, like tomatoes, are ripe for the picking (uniform red, yellow or orange color), that isn't the case with every crop.


 
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