I'm a proud Mamma!!!!!!

[LynneSin]

This is the first year of gardening for me ever and look!! Finally I have a vegetable - a baby cucumber!!

[Robyn66]

1. congratulations on your blessed event

It will be yummy with a little cider vinegar sprinkled on it!!!

[LynneSin]

3. I feel a bit cannabalistic knowing that eventually I will eat this cucumber

oh well

[trof]

26. Nah, rabbits will probably get it first.

[LynneSin]

27. I'm in the city and it's a raised bed

they won't get near my baby cuc

[Baitball Blogger]

2. I see the resemblance!

Blonde!

[OriginalGeek]

4. Congratulations!

we are expecting our first as well:


I took that pic just last night - they were conceived last Sunday. I'm already getting the nursery prepared with salt and pepper and butter.

(This is the first thing I have ever planted in my life)

[Irishonly]

5. Good for you

We have been gardening for some time now. I love not having to buy produce from the store or farmer's market.

[HopeHoops]

6. Looking good! Keep it well watered. The plant looks quite healthy.

[LynneSin]

7. I joked with my mom - that's $100 worth of organic soil to grow $10 worth of veggies

[HopeHoops]

16. Hell, we get way more back than we put into the garden. We get so much we have to give it away.

It's a hell of a lot cheaper to grow your own (same with pot).

[tru]

33. $100 organic soil

daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com runs a spending vs. payback thing for her garden. It is always quite negative at the beginning of the season, but quite positive by the time everything is harvested.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

8. Wait till it's a teenager....(nt)

[Robyn66]

9. This is my favorite time of year

I can just go out in to the back yard and pick blueberries or summer squash, zucchini, broccoli, cucumbers, spinach, lettuce, and soon tomato's and peppers. I also have basil and rosemary and thyme and oregano and parsley.
YUMMY

[Arugula Latte]

10. Enjoy these days ... they grow up quickly.

[Raven]

11. Beautiful! Keep your eye on it...

those little suckers blow up pretty fast!

[DebJ]

12. Congratulations! There is something extremely satisfying

about coming home from work, picking veggies, and putting them on the table.
Enjoy!

[HERVEPA]

13. What. No sexual innuendos in response to this post. I'm shocked!

[turtlerescue1]

14. all Right, cue the Stones:

"Congratulations nahnahahnah"

Great work.

Of course as I write this, I dreading trying to figure out what to do with the ton of lemon cucumbers, who is it that has not been stuck with some? YET?

At least with the tomatoes, well you know you're getting an abundance when the joy of that taste of fresh, turns into "Gonna stew some tonight".

Enjoy the fruits of your labors.

[Bertha Venation]

15. Your excitement is really sweet.

Congratulations!

[tru]

17. A momma who's going to eat her young? n/t

[LynneSin]

21. Call me Cannibal Lynne

[MiddleFingerMom]

18. I really like cucumbers, but I'm stuck on this way of preparing them now...

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... as a "Japanese Cucumber Salad" -- halved (seeds scraped out if necessary), sliced VERY thin and
marinated in rice wine vinegar with a little sugar (or sweetener) sprinkled in the marinade.
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Yummy... a nice refreshing side dish.
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[lillypaddle]

20. balsamic vinegar

and you don't need sugar. Olive oil, lots of black coarse ground pepper, and tomato.

[mnhtnbb]

22. Hubby has been eating his own garden grown cukes this way all summer, but adds sesame seeds.

[MiddleFingerMom]

23. I LOVE balsamic vinegar and will put it on almost anything -- but it's too overpowering for cukes.

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BTW, balsamic vinegar -- ESPECIALLY aged THICK b.v. -- is supposed to be EXCELLENT on vanilla ice cream.
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I'll be trying that soon -- though I can't afford the aged kind anymore (it's aged in wooden kegs, like Scotch --
even the times are similar (12-, 20-, 30-year aging).
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[lillypaddle]

19. awww

what a little sweetie!

[MiddleFingerMom]

24. A cukiepie.

[RushIsRot]

25. Are you just gherkin us around?

[Arugula Latte]

35. Maybe she was posting while pickled.

[graywarrior]

28. Who's the father?

[Arkansas Granny]

30. Could it be one of these guys?

[graywarrior]

31. I envision something more like...

[stuntcat]

29. de-li-shuss!

It's gonna be delishuss!! Keep an eye on it so you can pick it before it gets wrinkles or before an animal bites it!

It's just the first year, but you're gonna grow stuff Save this pic to remember someday.

[In_The_Wind]

32. I knew you could do it.

I remember how happy your back yard looked years ago.

Of course you'll grow whatever you want. [img][/img]
Do you still have flowers out front?

[Odin2005]

34. +1,000,000,000,000

[cwydro]

36. They're very prolific plants, so you'll get lots more

Congratulations!

[robk6295sie]

37. nice...