A Cucumber Story
Once upon a time, in a small patch of dirt in a unknown southern suburb a cucumber was planted.
It was watered, tended to, visited daily and on occasionally adored from the sun room window!
Click here if you would like to see miraculous before an after pictures of the veggie patch transformation!
June 6, 2009
I planted 2 cucumber plants!
June 24, 2009 (18 days later)
The first blossoms appear.
July 3, 2009
In my morning garden inspection I am delighted, ecstatic, excited and overjoyed to find this!!!!
As I am basking in the anticipation of future cucumber salads and plates of sliced cucumber sprinkled lightly with salt and pepper, I am glad that my yearning for a small patch of tilled soil has been satisfied. I calculate that is has been four long years since I have eaten something grown by my own hands.
Each morning as I take my short walk out to my veggie patch I am rewarded with a feeling of great anticipation.
Every day I am a bit closer to reaping the harvest of my hard work.
I have a greater appreciation for those who earn their living providing the general public with the food we eat, and I am also ever so thankful that my existence does not depend upon the bounty of my tiny patch of ground. If it did I fear we would all starve.
July 5, 2009 (2 DAYS later...OMGoodness, probably quadrupled in size!!!!!)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
and look y’all it’s twins!
After 33 days these two beauties are ready to slice and enjoy. The vines are exploding with hundreds of yellow blossoms and as I picked these two cucumbers I counted possibly several dozen baby cuc’s just days away from harvest.
I am not sure which I prefer?
The crisp, crunchy, clean taste of a fresh from the garden cucumber….I could eat this whole plate full!
I munched on a few slices and then in memory of my sweet grandma set about preparing the next best way to enjoy a fresh cucumber, in my humble opinion anyway!
I may have grown them but when I add a little vinegar, a little water, a little sugar (if Grandma’s Cucumbers weren’t enough of a trip down memory lane, I always have a small small on my face every time I lift the decorative lid to my sugar bowl, a family treasure that sat upon my grandma’s breakfast table for many many years, I think of all the belongings that have been passed down to me from my grandma this simple little sugar bowl is maybe my favorite, but I digress), toss in a few sliced onions and a peppercorn or two and let them hang out in the frig for about and hour and then dive in, well those will forever be know as “Grandma’s Cucumbers.”
There is just nothing better!
Blessings
Robin
Keep an eye on your blog roll for the equally dramatic and fanciful sequel “A Green Bean Story” coming in the very near future.
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Comments
My friend planted a large garden this year with the idea that several of us friends would help weed, pick and can. I believe cucumbers are in the garden. I will have to try your grandma's cucumber salad!
Heidi
Here’s my photo story. happy Friday!
I'm looking forward to the post that says, "Help, does anyone need some cucumbers!!"
Enjoy the fruits of your labors!!
I'm a fan of them also. I like 'em any way I can get 'em.
YUM!
Your garden turned out lovely:) We tried doing it once when we moved here and disaster--bugs ate everything.
Blessings