By John, on August 4th, 2010 |
 These were a late season addition to our garden to fill in my lettuce bed in late June. The selection at the local garden center was pretty well picked over by then but we thought we’d try our hand at cucumbers, having never grown them before. Anyway, the flat was labeled “cucumber” but I’m now convinced the tags were switched. The plants and blossoms look like squashes and now that the fruits are set, I’m pretty convinced that we have squashes. The question is, what kind? Can you help me identify them? …continue reading
By John, on August 1st, 2010 |
 Went out to do my daily morning inventory of the garden and found that a deer had made a meal of the trailing cucumber vines and several of the ripening tomatoes. Normally, we don’t have much of a problem with deer, just a few nibbles here and there but no wide scale pillaging. But we’ve had a pretty serious drought this month in the northeast and I suspect the deer are having a hard time foraging. There’s no practical way …continue reading
By John, on July 26th, 2010 |
 They were planted late but the cucumbers are now growing like wildfire. There are four plants in this bed and I fear they will be taking over the garage soon. I have to keep moving them off the walkway because we keep stepping on them. The only problem is that I have lots of male blossoms but no females yet. …continue reading
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These were a late season addition to our garden to fill in my lettuce bed in late June. The selection at the local garden center was pretty well picked over by then but we thought we’d try our hand at cucumbers, having never grown them before. Anyway, the flat was labeled “cucumber” but I’m now convinced the tags were switched. The plants and blossoms look like squashes and now that the fruits are set, I’m pretty convinced that we have squashes. The question is, what kind? Can you help me identify them? …continue reading
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