Our Veggie Garden So Far

[KEG123]

We have pumpkin, watermelon, lots of tomatoes, basil, corn, green beans and carrots that never made an appearance. And SOMETHING took down one of my stalks of corn!!! So weird.

[MsMe]

send those cucumbers this way!!! I am going broke buying them at the store $1 a piece and I eat at least 2-3 a day. Same price at the farmers market.

[Country Kids]

send those cucumbers this way!!! I am going broke buying them at the store $1 a piece and I eat at least 2-3 a day. Same price at the farmers market.

I'm finding our farmers markets quite high also for things. Is it that way everywhere. If so I might as well buy everything at the grocery store.

[dEHmom]

I'm finding our farmers markets quite high also for things. Is it that way everywhere. If so I might as well buy everything at the grocery store.

yes, I believe because of a lot of the flooding all over, because a lot of crops and fields suffered, the cost of what did make it is much higher. But I think $1 here for cukes is pretty standard. They are often 1.29 here and I think that's what they've always been. If we find a stand on the side of the road for corn, they usually sell them as a bunch and you get a better deal.


my pumpkin plant is doing amazing right now! I took a look last night and it's grown ALOT.



One thing I love to do with cukes is either slice them or chop them and mix some miracle whip and a few splashes of vinegar, salt pepper yum!

[SilverSabre25]

send those cucumbers this way!!! I am going broke buying them at the store $1 a piece and I eat at least 2-3 a day. Same price at the farmers market.

I think the local ones at our grocery store are about $.69 apiece right now, but those are local. $1 sounds reasonable to me so it must be pretty normal.

[Country Kids]

We can get cucumbers 3 for $1.00 at the store but at the farmers markets and stands I think they are a litttle more.

[Kaddidle Care]

Your garden is WONDERFUL! (Note to self, need to put the sprinkler on in ours today.)

My hubby puts a small fence up for the cukes to grow on so they're not laying in the dirt.

Send the extra home with parents - put them in a big basket by the sign out sheet.

You could put a little table out front with them too and a price with an honor jar. If you really want to get rid of them put .25 each and I betcha they'll go!

Don't the littles like them? Ours have very hard seeds so I cut them lengthwise and scoop the seeds out with a spoon. They keep longer in salads and such without the seeds too!
If you have any leftover pickle juice, slice them and put them in it in the fridge but use it within a week. They will be fresh pickles and I bet the littles will love them!

Gosh.. I wish I could grow stuff - I have a black thumb.

[dEHmom]

for the best cucumbers it's best to pick them before they get too big. Then the seeds are still small, the cuke is tastier, and less chances of a bitter one, AND the plant will produce many more cukes. When you leave them on too long, or let them grow too big, they draw a lot out of the plant, and the plant will produce less, and eventually shut down. I had cukes off my 3 plants last year daily, and they produced even after the first light frost (i think that was in late september?). In canada we have a super short growing season, frost up until June and sometimes July, and then usually gardens are done by September. At least where I am.

[MissAnn]

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I thought I was gonna have a basil death but after pruning it a little the thing sprung to life and started growing.

It's fun for everyone tho isn't it. It's really worth the time.

I planted basil last year.....and it came back all over the raised garden bed where it wasn't previously planted. We make pesto with it and the kids love it. They hate the smell of the basil leaves though.

[MG&Lsmom]

In all my rush to get the plants in the ground this year I forgot to put up the trellis for the cucumbers, so now the plants have taken over! I have so many on the vines that are super long, but aren't filling out. I did cut one off to see if it was ready and it wasn't. Yesterday's harvest was much better.

Next year I'll plan the plant placement better.

I was hoping the heat we've been having for the last few days would turn these tomatoes already but it's done nothing. Oh well.

[nannyde]

I planted basil last year.....and it came back all over the raised garden bed where it wasn't previously planted. We make pesto with it and the kids love it. They hate the smell of the basil leaves though.

I puree it with goat cheese, rosemary, italian olives, and tomatoes... then put that over some seven grain bread right out of the bread machine.

Oh lawdy... gone in a flash...

I love the smell of basil.

[SunflowerMama]

Love it!! The garden looks great!

[MG&Lsmom]

I puree it with goat cheese, rosemary, italian olives, and tomatoes... then put that over some seven grain bread right out of the bread machine.

Oh lawdy... gone in a flash...

I love the smell of basil.

that sounds divine!

[Crystal]

we had a garden....but the new puppy likes roots for some reason. I no longer have a garden and I no longer have one single flower in my yard

[Crystal]

BTW....looks FABULOUS, nice job!