Comments on: Cucumbers in my Raised Vegetable Garden http://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/backyard-garden/cucumbers-raised-vegetable-garden/ South Florida Raised Vegetable Garden Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: myrna, in WPB, FLhttp://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/backyard-garden/cucumbers-raised-vegetable-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-298 myrna, in WPB, FL Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:09:04 +0000 http://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/?p=400#comment-298 Hi! As I wandered around the internet I "found" your blog. The tales of raised bed gardening takes me back to the Liz Christy Garden in lower NYC before I relocated. That is still a community garden, part of the Green Guerillas.org group. Let Jan Norris say what she will, just go for it! Hi! As I wandered around the internet I “found” your blog. The tales of raised bed gardening takes me back to the Liz Christy Garden in lower NYC before I relocated. That is still a community garden, part of the Green Guerillas.org group. Let Jan Norris say what she will, just go for it!

]]> By: Allisonhttp://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/backyard-garden/cucumbers-raised-vegetable-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Allison Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:28:56 +0000 http://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/?p=400#comment-285 My cucumbers look similar to yours, only they are longer- must be a similar (or the same) variety. This is the first time we've grown cucumbers, so I was a little surprised by the gnarly little things. I guess it's good to grow stuff you don't normally find in the grocery store, though. It makes home "farming" much more enjoyable, I think, and introduces us to perfectly good foods that we've been taught to think are inferior based on looks or textures. Next year I'm growing all heirloom varieties of foods if I can, just to taste things that grocery stores don't carry. I'm glad you are enjoying your gardening experience. We love ours! My cucumbers look similar to yours, only they are longer- must be a similar (or the same) variety. This is the first time we've grown cucumbers, so I was a little surprised by the gnarly little things. I guess it's good to grow stuff you don't normally find in the grocery store, though. It makes home "farming" much more enjoyable, I think, and introduces us to perfectly good foods that we've been taught to think are inferior based on looks or textures. Next year I'm growing all heirloom varieties of foods if I can, just to taste things that grocery stores don't carry. I'm glad you are enjoying your gardening experience. We love ours!

]]> By: karahttp://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/backyard-garden/cucumbers-raised-vegetable-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-93 kara Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:24:35 +0000 http://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/?p=400#comment-93 Spines scared me when I first started growing cucumbers! I thought I had demon possessed vegetables, but before I sought out a priest someone told me that's normal. If you look closely at grocery store cucumbers, you'll see they have little white dots or raised bumps where the spines used to be. They come off with a little rubbing once the fruit is mature.Random fun fact for you- you'll notice most varieties of cucumbers are called "Burpless" in some way. Cucumbers, like many other veggies, cause gas and burping. So they bred the varieties that were the least stinky, and called them Burpless. I guess Poot-less was no good... :) Spines scared me when I first started growing cucumbers! I thought I had demon possessed vegetables, but before I sought out a priest someone told me that’s normal. If you look closely at grocery store cucumbers, you’ll see they have little white dots or raised bumps where the spines used to be. They come off with a little rubbing once the fruit is mature.

Random fun fact for you- you’ll notice most varieties of cucumbers are called “Burpless” in some way. Cucumbers, like many other veggies, cause gas and burping. So they bred the varieties that were the least stinky, and called them Burpless. I guess Poot-less was no good… :)

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