Next comes the fun part: digging your potatoes up and enjoying your bounty. Yet how do you know when potatoes are ready to harvest, and how do you avoid harvesting them too early?

Since potatoes grow underground, it can be hard to tell when they're ready to harvest. Watch their foliage. Once the leaves turn brown and die, wait a few weeks for the largest, best potatoes ...

Most vegetables mature before your very eyes. Potatoes are different because they grow beneath the surface of the soil. So, how do you know when potatoes are ready to harvest? There are some cues ...

“The best way to determine if your vegetables are truly ready to harvest is by looking at them and, most importantly, tasting them,” says Nastya Vasylchyshyna, resident botany expert at Plantum.

Onions are ready when their tops flop over and turn brown.

Sweet potatoes will be ready to harvest about 90 to 120 days after planting. To harvest them, cut back their vines, then use ...