Question: To harvest from your home garden.
Option 0: Pull the plants out by the root to get the most yield from the plant possible. Then you can go and purchase more seeds to start the home garden from the beginning again.
Option 1: Cut the plants based on where the produce is produced. Depending on the plant, you may cut closer and closer to the root but do not de-root the plant as you can grow more.
Answer: 1