My cucumbers are in!

[quisp]

and I should be eating homegrown tomatos by this weekend.

I love summertime!

[AllegroRondo]

1. Send some my way!

I LOVE making homemade pickles.

[4_Legs_Good]

10. Mmmmmm... I've never done that! How is it done???

[AllegroRondo]

12. Its not hard

you can find a basic 'pickling kit' at most grocery stores, which is a packet of spices and directions.

Basically, it involves mixing vinegar, water, sugar, and spices. You boil this, pour into jars with the cucumbers, and let it sit a couple weeks.

[Patiod]

2. My favorite smell - fresh cucumbers

and mmm....fresh tomatoes.......

[barb162]

6. fresh cucumbers smell FRESH or something...it's a great smell

[trackfan]

7. Homemade pickles - yum

They make store pickles taste like plain salt water.

[matcom]

3. NO SEX THREADS

:spank:

[Parche]

5. sex threads

Lettuce explain something to you , if you Carrot all.............
WE LOVE SEX THREADS!!!!

[Chicago Democrat]

4. In what?

Couldn't resist...



Not sex related at all...

[khashka]

8. Cukes and Tomatos?

Gazpacho time! Don't they taste better when you grow 'em yourself?
PM me for my recipe for "white" gazpacho - toms and cukes with chicken broth and cream. Delicious!
Khash.

[Patiod]

11. okay, now you've done it

I'll have to go home tonight and make gazpacho (although the cukes and tomatoes have to come from the Asian produce market down the street, since I don't have a garden).

Mine is the boring old red version.

[4_Legs_Good]

9. Bah! My beautiful lemon cucumber plants are folding

Stupid cucumber beetles



They were doing really well too. At least I got a few dozen cuces off of them before they crashed. There's still a possibility for a few more, but we'll see. If they don't improve I'm gonna tear them out for pumpkins.

I have 15 or so tomato plants which are hopefully ready to start setting fruit. Mmmmmmmmm...

david

[MissMillie]

13. native tomatoes

out of the garden

sliced w/ salt & pepper


or drizzled w/ olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and sprinkled with salt and pepper--with some fresh basil.