Cucumber Ideas, Tips & Guides

Experimenting with these cucumber look-alikes in your kitchen can add variety and excitement to your meals while expanding your gardening stock. Here are some delicious Vegetables That Look Like Cucumbers.

Did you ever think a tomato cage could be that useful? Make an appealing gabion plant stand out of a sturdy tomato cage and place it on your front porch, backyard or patio. Visit BHG for the tutorial.

The difference between the regular cucumbers and the pickling variety is that the latter has thinner skins, are extremely crisp, and have smaller seeds, making them the best option for pickles. The pickling varieties are smaller in size and even this matters, as the smaller they are, the easier it is to prep and pickle! Have a look at the best Pickling Cucumber Varieties!

Most cucumbers you grow in the garden make it obvious if they’re ailing. The leaves of Cucumis sativus plants get spots, perhaps, the fruits have holes, or both turn yellow or start shriveling.But “hollow heart” cucumbers don’t reall

The compound name of Epsom salt is Magnesium Sulfate. You already get a general idea from this name that this salt is rich in magnesium and sulfur. Absence or scarcity of these compounds from the soil makes the plant lose its vigor, affect its growth, and harvest.

Killing cockroaches is never easy, and as most commercial pest killers are loaded with toxic and powerful chemicals, it can be quite harmful, too. So, read on to know the Natural Ways to Get Rid of Cockroaches from Home & Garden.  

Pickles taste the best when you mix fresh ingredients in them, and what could be better to add your own harvest! Here are some of the Best Plants and Trees You Should Grow for Homemade Pickles!

More than 200 species of stink bugs call North America home, and you may very well think most of them have taken up residence in your garden.These shield-shaped munchers are known for the odor they pr

Luffa, Sponge gourd or Chinese okra is a vine from the cucumber family. This fruit is grown and consumed as a vegetable popularly in China, Vietnam, India, and other subcontinent countries. Let’s know everything about Growing Luffa in Containers!

When it comes to vegetable gardening, many of us focus solely on the practicality of growing fresh produce. However, there is a fascinating world of Ornamental Vegetables that not only provide a bountiful harvest but also add visual appeal to your garden and platter!

Do you want a vegetable garden that is easy on both pocket and effort? Then, check out these Vegetables You Can Grow From Slices with little care and time!

Using these Genius Seed Starting Tricks, you can start new plants in the easiest of ways without spending any money on new plants!

Growing greens is rewarding, but people often mess it up. Here are theMost Common Vegetable Gardening Mistakes you need to avoid to get the best harvest!

Cucumber ‘Delizia’ is a new variety from T&M with a very thin, translucent skin, a good flavour and a juicy but firm texture.  Not only that, but apparently it will banish the burps!

Check out our all-inclusive list of Edible Flowers To Flavor Your Food and Improve Your Health.

Cool Cucumbers I was sent some grafted cucumbers by Suttons Seeds and they are looking in fine fettle with tiny cucumbers already in evidence. As cucumbers are always at their most delicious picked small and used straight away they are in a large pot in the courtyard just outside the kitchen door where I’m more likely to spot them and where they are convenient to pick.

This DIY crochet trellis pattern is exceptional, the pattern is here.

Whilst I may not be getting out in the garden any time soon I only need to read  a few posts from previous years to see what usually happens at this time of year : In the greenhou

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An Amble in Andalusia – with Added Dog On our recent trip to Spain we stayed in a wonderful place deep in the countryside, but little more than an hour from Granada and Cordoba. Casa Olea is owned by a young English couple who have restored a ruined farmhouse to a very high standard using local tradespeople throughout to create a getaway of great comfort and very high green credentials.We loved our stay there, ate delicious food, swam and availed ourselves of the instructions for self-guided walks in the surrounding countryside.

Well, many veggies are flowers, and these edible parts of the plants can be eaten raw or cooked. Check out the list of Flowers that are Vegetables, some of which may surprise you. 

Lure ants to toxic quantities of baking soda with some powdered sugar and a few drops of your favorite essential oil. Baking soda will interfere with their digestive ability and cause them to explode and perish in the end. Place the mixture in all the common entry points of these pests and wait for the soda to work its magic.

Want to create a garden fence? How about this bamboo fence idea? The steps are here.

Collect and save the seeds of plants that are thriving in your garden. Ensure that seeds are developed before harvest. Read a helpful article on seed saving and collecting on RHS.

Cucumbers are easy and fun to grow vegetables. But do cucumbers need a trellis? Can cucumbers grow up a trellis? Yes! As they are climbing vines, you have to choose a spot that provides them the right support to grow. You can use trellises to hold them up, and this is where these DIY Cucumber Trellis Ideas will help you!

Do your cucumber vines look weak and fail to produce enough yield? If so, learn How to Make a Powerful Homemade Yeast Fertilizer for Cucumber Plants and get an abundant harvest.

Whether you plant peas on the ground or in containers, they need support to grow productively. You can use stakes and trellises or repurpose spare tomato cages for this purpose.

If planted together with the right vegetables and plants, they work on keeping bad bugs away, improving the health, taste, and yield of the arugula plants. Also, growing plants together intelligently saves space and helps to achieve optimum growth, health, and viability. Here are some of the best Arugula Companion Plants.

If you like the charm of light-colored blooms, here are some amazing Vines with White Flowers to climb on pergolas, trellises, arbors, and walls!

Growing a uniform array of plants is one of the best ways to enjoy privacy and get a calm and relaxing feeling. If grown outdoors, it also helps block the sun, resulting in energy savings! Here’s all you need to know about How to Grow a Living Plant Curtain in the simplest way!

Companion planting is a clever hack to keep pesky pests at bay while attracting pollinators for better fruit and flower production. Read on to know about the best Flowering Plants You Should Plant in a Vegetable Garden!

Apart from putting icing on cakes to add to their beauty, you can also use Edible Flowers for Cakes to make them look more professional. Choosing the right blooms, you can make a colorful addition to your tasty creations and sell them literally like hot cakes!

There is nothing worse when you are growing yummy, vibrant green beans to find them suddenly infested by pests.While there are many insects that can dec

When they are healthy and conditions are optimal, zucchini and other squash can produce heavily. But what happens when you have a zucchini or other squash growing into an odd shape? Pointy squash or other weird shaped zucchini may be the result of a number of issues, but often zucchini pollination problems are the culprit. Keep reading to learn about deformed squash and what you can do to prevent it.

By Jeff Laurence

When certain plants produce huge yields, grow fast, and take a lot of nutrients and water, it’s only natural they would become the stars of the garden.Cucumbers, Cucumis sativus, definitely play that role. But i