These plants are growing in a container, supported by canes. Quite impressive, I think!

…cumbers!  Lots of them!  Considering I had a few attempts before they managed to grow to a size where they could produce I’m very pleased.  Problems included 1) Young children or cat snapping a young plant in half, leading to it’s rapid decline; 2) Slugs – bloody annoying, horrid, slimy, disgusting, yukky slugs.  I hate the buggers;  3) My not so bright idea of putting salt around the plants to kill slugs.  It turns out salt around the plant also kills it.  Lesson learnt. 

Now we have a couple of plants in one pot producing several cucumbers.  Some are tiny, some are 7 or 8 inches long already.  Another single plant in another pot again producing but not as prolifically as the first and a third plant in the top raised bed which is only just beginning to form a few cucumbers.  All have been given a few canes to climb up and seem happy with it.  First tasting should be tonight hopefully, along with some tomatoes and lettuce from the garden and omelettes made with eggs from our hens.  Our second homegrown meal of the week with the first being some mixed roast vegetables from the garden with yorkshire pudding made with our eggs.  Ok, so the flour and milk for the yorkshire pudding was shop bought so does that disqualify it from being considered “completely homegrown” ?  This is such an achievement in my opinion.   I think this proves that anyone can grow food or keep chickens.  After all if we can do it…!