Growing Cucumber For The First Time In My Garden

After planting angled loofah and blessed with plentiful harvest, I was encouraged to plant cucumber plants. I was not expecting much but I was eager to try. I used the same big pot and a smaller pot that were previously used for planting the angled loofah.

Thanks to hubby for putting up the overhead lines for the vines to climb.

 Hub

Then the yellow flowers began to appear all over the vines.

Every morning when I water the plants, I checked for signs of tiny fruits.

And then one day, I spotted this tiny cucumber.

If you look closely, there are tiny crystals on the cucumber. According to the internet, these tiny crystals are sap released by the skin.

The tiny crystals are pricky to touch.
There are pricky hairs on the stalks and leaves.

The first fruit.

Came back from our holiday in Penang to harvest the first fruit.

More fruits hanging from the cucumber vines.

The cucumber vines started fruiting end of August and is still fruiting.

I used the cucumbers to make salad, for juicing, pickle and also saute with dried prawns. Cucumber juice is refreshing and good for quenching thirst especially when the weather is hot.

Cucumber pickle is crunchy and delicious. This time, I made this pickle with salted plums and sugar, minus the vinegar and chili.

One of my mornings' harvest.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Yes, the gladness you have given me is far greater

than their joys at harvest time

as they gaze at their bountiful crops.

(Psalm 4:7, The Living Bible-TLB)