On 7/22/2017 3:10 PM, songbird wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote:
I picked 3 cucumbers this morning , peppers are starting to produce ,
and there are several small okra pods out there . I think we're going to
get a pretty good harvest this year , I've had more time to work out
there . Last year construction was the top priority , this year not so
much though it's close to the top of the list .

heheh, i put up 7 quarts of dill pickles this
morning. about every 4-5 days now we have to pick.
15 cucumber plants. pretty crazy IMO. last year
we only had 6 cucumber plants. two different kinds
the burpees which got huge and another kind which
weren't quite so big. but i liked both of them
because they were smooth and didn't need much
prep work to get them done.

this year we have smaller "pickle" bush type
cucumbers which have a lot of spines and dirt
gets in all those nooks and crannies. so it takes
me time to scrub and prep them. but the results
are worth it.

we're already eating some of the first batch i
made at the end of June.

We planted 2 different cucumber varieties. They're blooming like crazy
and we're beginning to get cukes. So far, we're eating them all fresh.
Maybe this year we didn't plant too many.

I usually make refrigerator pickles and they get eaten like they're a
treat, so not many cukes survive to actually put them up for the winter.

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Maggie