This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. All views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support! Earlier this year, I purchased these galvanized planter boxes to increase the size of my garden. I intended to put in a bunch of tomatoes and beets, etc. that would grow into early summer. But, Baby Sebastian decided to make his appearance a bit early, so I flew off to Georgia to help out Alicia, so the garden didn't happen. Although, while I was away my husband did put the boxes together for me so that they would be ready to go when I was. I hated to see those empty planter boxes just sitting there, but I knew it would be too hot to plant tomatoes or beets at that point. We have to have our summer gardens in by the end of February! I thought to myself, "Surly there is something that I can plant that will grow during the summer!" And guess what! I found something! Armenian Cucumbers are heat loving plants that grow long, tasty, green fruit that you can eat alone or pickle! And, since I am on a pickling kick, they sounded perfect for me to plant in at least one of my new planters! The seeds I ordered may have been duds, because I planted about 10 of them, and only one ever sprouted! Now that I see how large the plant is growing, that may have been a blessing in disguise! You can almost see the plant growing! I have been training it up on a trellis that I was going to use for peas! The instructions I've read online told me that training them up on a trellis works great and the fruit will hang until you harvest them. These cucumbers grow very long! The plant is taking over my 4x4 box, so you can imagine that if 10 of them had come up, I would have had a forest on my hands! It didn't take long for the plant to be covered in the small yellow flowers. I was just out there yesterday, checking it over to see if there was any pollenating going on, but only saw male flowers. Then, today, my husband went out before I did and came in and asked me if I had seen the cucumber growing on my plant. I figured it had to be small because I hadn't seen anything the day before. Well, it must have been hiding from me, because look what I found today! Today, I also noticed some small female flowers that look promising! I see salads and pickles in my future! Have you tried growing Armenian Cucumbers? So far, they seem like a pretty easy crop, (as long as you get seeds that will sprout! ) Oh! As far as my other garden box goes, we are currently composting in it until it is time to put in the Fall garden! These watering spikes have been a life saver in my garden and I consider them a must have item! I can leave my garden for a couple of days with these scattered throughout and they keep it watered until I get back to it! Perfect for small gardens and pots.
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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