On 7/12/2017 5:59 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 7/12/2017 3:38 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 7/12/2017 2:14 PM, T wrote:
On 07/12/2017 07:49 AM, Muggles wrote:
On 7/12/2017 1:34 AM, T wrote:
On 07/11/2017 08:37 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 7/11/2017 10:34 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

I just got back in from watering the children. I got me
a mystery plant. It is one of those 1/2 price, late in
the season close out plants (they can grow at the store
or in my garden, I don't care).

The tag said "lemon cucumber". I seems to love my ground
pots, so I picked up three more at 1/2 price. Then
I started to have a good look. The first one had leaves
four times the size of the other three, and it had a
very zuke looking flower on it. HMMMMMMMMM. It will
be fun to see what it really is when it fruits.

:-)

-T
We grew some of those a couple years ago.

Curiosity is killing me!
They grow lemon shaped cucumbers vs. the long slender type cukes. I
guess they were tasty enough. LOL I'm thinking, if my memory serves
me,
the flavor wasn't bitter and the ones we harvested were very crunchy,
too.

I managed to get a few two years ago. They are incredibly good eating.
last year's all failed. I just eat them straight. I can't bear to
mix them with other stuff. They have small stickers that rub right off.
I've got a couple of different cucumbers planted thus far, and the hot
weather is making them grow like crazy. Lots of blooms right now, and my
climbing lima beans have gone weed-like crazy, too! I'm seeing blooms on
them, so, hopefully I'll get some pods. The last time I grew climbing
limas I ended up just eating the raw beans right out of the pods!

I've got 3 other type climbing peas/beans and I'm just letting them go
nuts. Who knows, it may be my best crop yet! lol

My field peas are starting to run , the cukes/zukes/squashes are all
going nutz with blossoms . Too bad they're all male flowers ...

Same here! All I've seen on my cucumber vines so far are male blooms.

'maters
are starting to set fruit now too , it won't be long until the Mrs. and
I have some canning to do . Actually I prefer to freeze tomatoes whole
in the skin , but freezer space is limited .

We've pulled some patio tomatoes off and on, but just one or two at a
time so far. It's been so hot I haven't been going out there every day
to check how the garden is doing. I was excited to actually see some
bees going from bloom to bloom! A couple honey bees and a couple bumble
type bees, too. I imagine they show up earlier in the day more than
later in the day, tho. I usually end up going out there in the afternoon.


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Maggie