This little lunchbox cuke might not seem like much of a harvest but it was to me...after all I have nurtured my two windowsill cukes for several months now. Everyone has been after me to pluck it from the vine but I have been waiting for just the right moment. Since we had a family gathering for some of Bent's spectacular barbecue ribs on Sunday, I figured there was no better time to give it a try. Everyone was amazed at the flavor....I have to admit I was worried they wouldn't taste like garden fresh cukes but boy was I was wrong. There are many more cukes on the vines but they aren't quite ready yet. I have been feeding them twice a week with an organic fertilizer so they should be pumped up real soon. Heck, now that I know you can grow cukes in the winter in North Idaho, I may have to expand my windowsill operation!
June 13, 2021 - Together Again
3 years ago
It takes a fellow gardener to get excited about a windowsill grown cucumber....I am all excited! I do wish I had a south facing window in my house. I mean, one without a porch roof shading it. I'd grow veggies in it all winter!
ReplyDeleteThat is a really neat trick. Last year I grew some in the greenhouse and had my first cuke in early June but mid March...pretty awesome. I have never been a huge fan of seasonal eating and love to extend the season in every way possible. Good job on the cucs.:)
ReplyDeleteAll your seedlings look wonderful and a cuke about to be eaten? I can't let my husband see this. lol Forecast for 68 here today, so I'm headed to the potting shed.
ReplyDeleteYes AG..us gardeners are an odd breed lol....(my family calls me crazy plant lady)
ReplyDeleteMr H: Thanks...I believe I started these in late December...I will have to check my archives though...I would also like to try growing some in the greenhouse late in the season.
Di: thanks!..Your temps are better than ours...but it's supposed to reach 59F today at least...and I too am heading to the garden :)
Our cukes never do well, and they never look as straight as that one LOL. I don't know what we're doing wrong...
ReplyDeleteKyna: what variety do you grow? Mine were only straight because they were on the trellis...I have good luck with Straight Eights, Pearl and Cucinos varieties.
ReplyDeleteGosh, that's just insane! Yall might have to add onto the house for other veggies next winter. :-)
ReplyDeleteHa EG....actually....some day we want to add a sunroom to the house....that will be much later though...unless of course I win the lottery...lol
ReplyDeleteOh wow! This is amazing! Where the heck have I been???
ReplyDeleteWell thanks Thomas :)
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