Worth's 2017 Accidental Garden.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Worth, is there much difference in the taste between pickling cucumbers and regular cucumbers (Examples - Straight Eight / Marketmore 76). Eating them fresh - not pickled.

They say that straight eight and market more 76 and other slicing cucumbers are good for both.
I am calling hog wash.
I have been making pickles all my life and pickling cucumbers are what you want.
I cannot express to you the difference it makes.
In my opinion pickling cucumbers came first then slicing then the so called burp less like you see in the store.
I use pickling for all my cucumber needs.
The dark green burp less cucumbers you see in the store to me are an abomination to cucumbers.
If I was to sit down to a meal at someones house I would gratefully eat them with no complaints.
You wont find them in my home.
Worth.

[AlittleSalt]

We have bought two or three grocery store cucumbers over the past couple of years. They are bitter and end up out in the compost bin.

[Worth1]

I can stand bitter, tasteless comes to mind on the big dark green dildo looking ones.

Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Jan is laughing her butt off

[jillian]

Originally Posted by Worth1

I can stand bitter, tasteless comes to mind on the big dark green dildo looking ones.

Worth

I hate those too. Bitter and large seeds, I would rather do without if that was my only choice.

Years ago I worked part time at a grocery store. A guy came through my line with two items only, one of those huge cucumbers and a jar of vaseline . He also smelled very bad, I sprayed Lysol when he was gone.

I am growing Muncher and Diva both of those are pretty good imo.

[coldframer]

What? Are you growing octopus? What is this garden?

[coldframer]

Ha Ha! I was reading the old posts from April. I'm a little behind...Worth1 has the garden, eh?

[coldframer]

Oh, Jillian! Had an OR patient come in a few years ago with a cuke that "got away." A shame how we disrespect our vegies, eh? Ha ha!

[dmforcier]

IF you plan to eat the cuke, try the "seedless" version. As one lady in the store said, "My 8 year old son eats the slices in his lunch and wants more".

They're a little more expensive (and not entirely seedless), but they don't wax them, which to me is a major plus.

[Worth1]

Hot bread and butter pickles are what I am going to make with habanero peppers and cucumbers.
If those ghost peppers ever get red I will make some with them.
Ghost pepper bread and butter.
Haunted bread and butter pickles.
Worth

[imp]

Long ago, and far away....

<Smile> I used to slice cucumbers very thinly on the mandolin and drop them into a big jar of Claussen's dill pickle juice, give them a quick shake and set aside while I toasted white bread or a sourdough ( San Francisco sourdough) . Left the toast to cool, then cut into pieces just big enough for a cucumber slice & spread with some soft butter, put a cucumber slice on top of the butter, add a very light smudge of creme freche to the cucumber slice, top that with a teeny bit of roasted red sweet pepper, or a bit of thin bacon pieces, maybe a bit of chopped chives or an edible flower.

They go together quickly, and make great bites or for a high tea sandwiches.

Yummy.

[Worth1]

I'm getting buried alive in cucumbers and okra.
Well not really but plenty.
Just think how many I would have had if I hadn't of neglected them.
Seems like just yesterday I was happy to just have one.

Worth

[Nematode]

I'm with you on the picklers for everything, although Diva is a very nice fresh eater.
Northern pickling is all I have in the garden this year for cukes, they eat fresh or get pickled, so they get versatility points.

[Worth1]

I cant express to anyone how much crunchier the pickling cucumbers are over the other ones.
Last night I found some cucumbers I missed and picked them.
I am afraid to go out and look this morning.
There is one Mortgage lifter to pick and that plant is getting cut.
I will NOT be growing Black Krim again.
Just look at it and the tomatoes split.

Another observation is the deer repellent doesn't work near as well as my smelly socks and work cloths.

There is at least one rabbit that is cutting down the shade okra and the rattle snake beans.
If it were cooler I would kill and fry it up.
Also there seems to be a crop of honeydew and crenshaw melons coming on.
Watermelon maybe?

Tried the version of the Safe Home Canning bread and butter pickles and they are okay sort of.
Only made one quart and a pint.
I will just make up my own today, more sugar way less salt.

Worth

[Gardeneer]

I am done with cucumbers. I just ignore them out there. I want some melon and watermelon.
I just picked a small melon. It is sold in WM as Honeydew melon. That is where I got the seeds from. I have a real Honeydew volunteer in the stuff hat I dig out of the Compost Hole. Guess where did that come from !!. Amazingly this single volunteer has as much melons a 3 of the ones I planted.
On the Okra: I get too lazy to get out there and pick and the get as big as a sword. hahaha