It’s getting to be that time….
It was one of those mornings… that started out the night before.
No, no, rest assured … I didn’t awake with a ripping self-inflicted headache or dim memories of embarrassing acts performed in public though I do have… uh, friends who have experience of such things in their youth…..
No, I was out the night before in the garden puttering, gathering a few things for dinner and checking on ripening veggies, thinking I had a day or so before I’d harvest them.
This morning I stepped outdoors before sunrise to water. It’s been dreadfully hot in the last week and after a wet June, July has been decidedly dry. As I was watering I poked around some and harvested the beauties shown above. Some of these cucumbers seemed to have grown several inches in under 12 hours!
Is that possible?
Did I just miss them last night after a long day in the mercifully air conditioned Tower of Commerce?
I don’t know, but it seem seems the onslaught is just gearing up. The canner is out of storage, the new lids purchased and waiting and the garden is soon to be bursting. Tomatoes and peppers should start ripening soon.
Are you ready?
Until next time, Keep Digging & Eat well
July 18, 2013
No, I’m not ready! I don’t want to do a lot of preserving this year, other than tomatoes, so I just took more than 16 pounds of zucchini, squash, cucumbers, peppers and potatoes over to my son. Oh, I gave in and sent over 4 tomatoes too, but I’m keeping all the corn for myself 🙂
PS: Yes, the cucumbers grow overnight, nearly as fast as the zucchini. At least I’m sure mine do!
July 19, 2013
Granny, I am looking to replenish some supplies, but I agree about giving it away! The office always has some takers.
July 19, 2013
Yes, cucumbers and zucchini can really put on a lot of growth in a very short amount of time. I had to laugh at your post because the same thing happens to us all the time. We are still about a month or so away from being at that stage, but it’s coming soon!!
July 20, 2013
Nice to see you again! I’m about to go out this morning and see what happened over night.
July 25, 2013
I have a question about the yellow zucchini in your picture. Some of ours look that same way (bumpy instead of smooth), and I’m wondering if it might be an unintentional hybrid between the squash and the cucs (our vines are growing next to each other). Do you have any knowledge about this?
PS. Just met you tonight at the garden club.
July 26, 2013
Thanks for joining us Catherine. It was nice to meet you as well. The yellow squash is a crooked neck squash and not a yellow zucchini although they are closely related and cook up similarly. They always are a little bumpy.
August 28, 2013
I have made four batches of pickles and I still have a ton of cukes. Dills are next on the list. Hopefully I can use them fast enough.
August 29, 2013
pickling up a storm. Absolutely love it