Hi Everybody!
I’ve been busy with Easter, The Garden Party and a new granddaughter. That makes 3 granddaughters for the Nelson family. Anyhow, yesterday I harvested my first cucumber! This was a cucumber plant start from Nelson Water Gardens. I’ve planted other cucumbers from seed but they haven’t set fruit yet. The lesson is that if you are in a hurry vegetable starts are the way to go. It’s a necessity for tomatoes because we have to get them fruiting before the heat sets in. Once it gets really around early to mid-June most tomato varieties will stop setting fruit. At that time you can rip those plants out to make room for other summer veggies. Last summer I kept my tomatoes growing right through the summer and sure enough they did not produce fall fruit. I had heard this, but I just had to prove it to myself—ya know what I mean?