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Lima Beans: rods should be green with swellings to show the beans inside. Open a pod or two. Beans should be plump but still green or gray-green (not white). Pick often to prolong picking season.
Sweet Corn: Harvest while the husk is still dark green. Kernels should be full size and yellow or white to the tip of the ear. Puncture a kernel with your thumbnail or a pocketknife. If the juice is pasty, the ear is too mature. If it is clear, the ear is not mature enough. If the juice looks like milk, the ear is just right for harvest. Com is sweetest just as the silk blackens. Remember that com matures very rapidly in hot weather and that most varieties should be refrigerated immediately after picking to prevent the sugar from turning to starch.
Cucumbers: Harvest while young and green when the seeds are soft. To use cukes for sweet pickles, harvest when two to three inches long; for dills, five to six inches long; and for slicing, six to eight inches. Yellowing indicates old age. Don’t, allow old cucumbers to remain on the vine because they will keep the vine from bearing more cucumbers.
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