Yes, you grow armloads of lemon cukes, tomatoes and zuchinni by the bushel basket, but hey, this is the Gulag here. Last year's crops was beyond pathetic, and as I again largely insisted on Heritage type crops, the yield was predictably low overall. But lemon cukes? I grew 'em, I got 'um! What I love most about the crisp little mites is they are each a single serving - no leftovers wilting and softening in the fridge.
At the farmer's market lemon cukes are usually that lovely pale green color, but I have stalled on removing the first cukes and a couple were yellowish like the one shown below. Might be overly ripe or I might not even notice it's difference from the paler cukes. Oh well! Tomorrow I will dig into my first home grown cuke salad. Yum... Any extra cukes will be dropped into a brine and pickled for consumption when-I-get-to-them.
The amazing bit is the cucumber plant looks like it was dragged through the depths of hell - if its container isn't watered daily, the plant wilts and its leaves go brown. The plant also doesn't like direct sun so its leaves are overall spotted with yellow which I think is caused by sun damage. Oh well! As long as it keeps producing those tasty mini-cucumbers, I'm a happy camper.
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