Posts Tagged: cucumber
Starting Larger Seeds Indoors
We are getting close to the typical average last frost date at March 3rd. So now is the time to...
Spotted Cucumber Beetles: They Know How to Hit the Spot
Western spotted cucumber beetles know how to hit the spot. Make that "multiple...
Wide angle shot of a western spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata, chewing a hole in a petal of a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a western spotted cucumber beetle chewing a hole in a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The end result: a Mexican sunflower you wouldn't want to enter in a county fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a western spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Amazing and Versatile Cucumber
When asked about my favorite spring/summer veggie the answer was easy – cucumbers. This...
Chemical Ecologist to Speak at UC Davis on 'The Smells of Dinner, Death, and Danger'
The title is intriguing: "The Smells of Dinner, Death, and Danger: How Organisms...
Nymphs of the squash bug, Anasa tristis, an insect that chemical ecologist Anjel Helms studies. (Photo courtesy of Anjel Helms)
A spotted cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum, an insect that chemical ecologist Anjel Helms studies. (Photo courtesy of Anjel Helms)
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Cucumbers!
By Denise Seghesio Levine, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Last year my husband...
Cucumber pickles (thehealthyfoodie.com)
Cucumbers growing--that's a lot! (healthspiritbody.com)
Parisian pickling (seedsaver.org)
Gherkin size (chantal-garnier-unsplash.jpg)
Edmonson cuke (seedsavers.org)
Armenian cuke (seedcorner.com)
Lemon cuke (seedsavers.org)
Cucumber growing on trellis (linniew.wordpress.com)
Bushy cucumber (mygardeninsider.com)
Straight 8 cuke (jdheirloomseed.weebly.com)
Cucumber seedlings (realfoodfamily.com)
Cucumber juice (nathan-dumlao-unsplash.jpg)