As a Cucumber Farmer!
Pictured above (basking in the sun) are cucumbers 6, 7, 8 and 9. Cucumber 10 was picked this morning and is not pictured. I gave two cucumbers away, made one into an awesome cucumber/dill salad (recipe going on the recipe page soon), ate another raw with dip and I currently have 6 (SIX!!!) on my counter waiting for...something. I just got home from checking out pickling stuff. It seems really complicated and possibly a little pricey. Plus, the Packet O' Picklin' Stuff is for 7 pounds of cucumbers. I have quite a few...but NOT 7 pounds! I decided it wasn't worth my time/money. Plus, I think Vlasic does a really good job that I could not out-pickle. So, I bought some sour cream to make another dip so I can get busy eating them raw. I'm going to be out of town all week so I'll give most of them to David to take to work to give to people.
In not-so-good cucumber news, they're all dying so I won't have to worry about the overabundance for long. I thought they weren't getting enough water so I was watering them like crazy. But then David says, "Oh, well didn't you know that those cucumber bugs inject something into the stems of the plants that ...(does some magic)...and makes them wilt?" Yes. I knew that. That's why I was letting them hang out all over my cukes for the past few weeks. Duh! Of course I didn't know that!! So, now I need to figure out how to get rid of cucumber bugs.
