One of the best things about being a gardener is when your crops are ready for harvest. But as a beginner, it can be challenging to know exactly when is the right time to harvest your crops. Allowing them to have grown to their full potential, harvesting them before they spoil.

One of the first things you want to look at is the size and colour of your crop. See how large the crop is, the size generally determines if it is ready to be harvested. You should also look at the colour, see if your crop matches with its ripe companion. If so, harvest it, if not wait a couple more days.

With crops that can be seen from above the ground, such as strawberries, it is much easier to see when they are ready to be harvested. For crops under the ground, you will just need to move some of the soil to determine if they are ready for harvest.