How to tell when your garden veggies are ripe for harvesting

How to tell when your garden veggies are ripe for harvesting

By JESSICA DAMIANO 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. Popular crops’ telltale signs of deliciousness Zucchini, for instance, doesn’t change color. Although it might be tempting to grow a 15-inch-long squash, it will likely be tough. For optim…