Enjoying fresh tasty veggies from your own garden is the highlight to having a garden. Vegetables mature at different times; some are best picked early, some late, and still others need to be harvested regularly or the plant will stop producing. All this variation can make it difficult to know when start harvesting. In this chapter you will learn how to recognize when your plants are ready to be picked, which ones will keep producing for you, which storage methods will keep everything fresh, and which plants are best for freezing and canning for winter use.