Harvest - Cucumber and Squash

The bounty from my garden is getting better each week. Lately, in addition to the beans and tomatoes, I have been busy harvesting cucumbers. You probably notice the color on most of these cucumbers is yellow/orange. I think this is due to possible cross-pollination with my squash.

Last year, in addition to regular cucumbers, we had lemon cucumbers. Lemon cucumbers are yellow and round and look similar to a lemon. There was definitely some cross-pollination between those and the regular cucumbers because we had lots of yellow cucumbers and some on the regular cucumber vine were also round. Crazy! Now this year we have orange cucumbers. This makes for some very pretty and colorful jars of canned pickles!

I have also added my first squash to the harvest. The seeds for this were marked "winter squash", but this sure looks like a pumpkin to me...























I can't wait to see what it tastes like. Oh, I almost forgot, broccoli continues to be on the menu lately too.


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