Absolute Best Way to Harvest Backyard Greens and Turnips

One of the most important gardening lesson I've learned is that wooden boxes and black bags in your backyard farm will yield great harvests as long as you have proper knowledge of harvesting methods. So many people that have these gardens will remove complete plants when they are ready to cook with them. This practice will actually reduce the amount of food produced by your garden.

If you are growing green leafy vegetables in your garden, like the lettuce, spinach and what I'm showing you and parsley, harvesting your greens in small amounts will allow you to continue producing food, it's an actual trick.

Harvesting only the larger outer leaves prevents you from removing the whole plant. The smaller inner leaves will receive more light and give space to grow larger by continuing to grow in the soil until your next harvest. And that's exactly why, you will have fresh food for a longer period from the same little box.

For vegetables growing underground, like the purple turnips, timing is the main key. Purple turnips are already ready to use in the kitchen when they first start to show above the ground.

They should be harvested when they are the size of maybe a golf ball. If you leave them in the ground too long, they become gigantic and will have a tough, dry and hard inside. Harvesting your purple turnips at the correct time will means you're getting sweet and soft turnip to add to your soups.

So always try to harvest your vegetables at the proper time and also with proper tools. Like I said it's a trick to get plenty of food in your backyard garden.