LOL about to many cucumbers

[mupcycledcouture]

So I planted 2 slicing cucumber plants this year. One for outside and one for in the greenhouse. Both are growing and look lie they will get fruit, though the one in the greenhouse is doing amazingly. 

So now I am starting to panic. What am I going to do with all those slicing cucumbers??? Cant really pickle them, they get mushy. So I did a search for some ideas and ran across this blog. Funny excess pickle humor! 


starvingofftheland.com/2012/08/overcuked/

[val2525]

In May, the vision of a bumper crop is what drives us to plant gardens. In August, the reality of a bumper crop is what drives us to leave cucumbers in neighbors’ cars in the dead of night.

[val2525]

Next year, plant the kind you can pickle, mup.

[mupcycledcouture]

I also have the pickling cucumbers. LOL I usually do just 1 slicing plant and it just does OK planted outside. Ive never had a bumper crop. This year, however, I have finally figured out the trick to growing cucumbers x 2. LOL

[kat]

I love cucumbers. They're my favorite vegetable. I'll be right over...

[val2525]

Hmnn. Can you send cukes via PM?

[val2525]

Mup, will your local foodbank or a nearby church pantry or homeless shelter take them?

[mupcycledcouture]

I was thinking that too Val. I bet they would.

I had a lookee at my only surviving watermelon plant and it has a teeny tiny watermelon on it! I also had to reroute the pumpkin. Instead of heading towards the trellis so I can tie him up, he was headed for the 3ft fence that is there to keep the dogs out. I pushed him backwards and put a stake there. Lets hope he gets the picture.