cucumbers

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LindaOH @LindaOHio (222222) • United States 14 Jan 24

A pickle is a small cucumber that has been pickled in brine, vinegar or other solution. It's called a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin in the UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Australia and South Africa. Some of the...

bread and butter pickles

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Good night, myLot!

Stacey @xstitcher (39003) • Petaluma, California 14 Aug 23

Stayed up later than I meant to (10 p.m.)--hope I don't do that tomorrow night. Wasn't paying attention to the time. I'm not working tomorrow, but I will be Tuesday, so I'm hoping I'll get to bed at the right time...

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Back Yard Gardening

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 7 May 22

K and I spent a good part of today working in our back yard getting our garden planted. Okay, she did the planting. I put up the fences to keep Sophie from digging up the seeds. I also put up some fencing around the Cyprus trees...

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Why are cats scared of cucumbers ?

Kitycat @KityCat (7739) • India 11 May 21

Hi everyone ! So i was watching these videos where cats jump scared when they see cucumbers. It was certainly fun to watch but, why are you scared of it exactly ? Have you seen these type of videos...

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Garden ready for winter.

Francine @beenice2 (2967) • Sackville, New Brunswick 29 Sep 20

I could marinade my cucumbers, tomatoes, and zucchinis. Really happy that I could do it. Surprised by having zucchini in the midst of my spaghetti squashes. I had not ordered zucchini, but hey I had it and used the...

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Peaceful beginning...

Francine @beenice2 (2967) • Sackville, New Brunswick 17 Aug 20

We had the rain we were asking for since weeks this morning. After lunch, the clouds left to leave us with a nice sunny afternoon. The heat was not like the past weeks. It is more bearable. One thing that I am happy about...

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Cucumbers no more

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 24 Jul 19

These cucumbers won’t make it the day. It’s a decided size one and my 6 year old son asked me to cut it up for him. I gave him the whole thing all of the cucumber sliced so it would be easier to eat of course. Knowing him, he ate...

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Not as yummy as it sounded

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 13 Apr 19

Hubby had copied a recipe from a magazine for open faced salmon sandwiches. It had cucumber and apples on it and a yogurt based sauce. It called for pumpernickel bread. It sounded good on paper but it was not as yummy as it...

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The Truth About the Cucumber

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 28 Mar 19

Cucumbers have long been thought of as a vegetable but, the scientific definition is that it is a fruit. These are used in salads and pickles. A fruit is that part of the plant that is developed from the flower. It contains the...

cucumbers

pickles

fruit

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First Cucumbers...

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3670) • United States 21 Jul 18

Hello my fellow mylotters!! Hope everyone is having a good weekend!! So, my BIG garden I planted isn't as big now because the weeds were taking over!! One of the ladies that works at the courthouse said that this year is the...

garden

producing

cucumbers

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Eating light tonight

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 3 Jun 18

I made a big breakfast of scrambled eggs with veggies for breakfast. Hubby made us cold sandwiches for lunch and we had dessert--the angel food cake with fruit and whipped cream again. We ate lunch so late that we were not very...

meals

cucumbers

summer

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I bought a variety of herbs

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 31 May 18

Among the other things I did yesterday, I was able to go to one of my favorite plant nurseries and get a variety of herbs. It is cloudy and overcast, so it will be a good day to get things into the ground. At school we had the...

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Are You A Salad Eater?

KrauseHome @KrauseHome (36445) • United States 7 Jul 17

For me, when it comes to a Lettuce salad, this is not really my cup of tea anymore, and I prefer not to eat salads of this type. But give me something like Potato Salad or Macaroni salad and even Jello Salads, and I am...

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Tomatoes Cucumbers Pumpkins Oh My

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97912) • Daytona Beach, Florida 26 Jul 16

The heading was an inspiration from the movie “The Wizard of Oz” when going through the forest the characters are chanting “Lions and tigers and bears, oh, my”. Well there are no wild animals in my garden except for our furry cat...

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Looks Like I May Get Cucumbers

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 12 Jul 16

I originally made the mistake of planting them by the zucchini and the plants got drowned out quite a bit. But, I moved them a couple weeks ago and they seem to be bouncing back. The plants are still a little bit on the small...

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Summer Comes In Thundering

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97912) • Daytona Beach, Florida 21 Jun 16

From Monday to Tuesday at about 12:41 AM summer arrived in Latvia. Today we were treated to a sunny and quite humid morning. However by mid-afternoon the clouds came rolling in and we had a heavy thunderstorm. At the moment more...

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The garden is half planted!

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127116) • United States 9 May 16

Today was the first day in forever that it was nice and that I time to actually spend working on my vegetable garden. First I put the weed fabric down which was a project in itself and then I was able to start planting...

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Planted squash and cucumbers in containers!

Margielynn @Margielynn (693) • United States 27 Apr 16

I love watching plants grow and even better getting to eat the goodies they produce! I sure hope I do not kill them first! Who else does container planting with vegetables?

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Tuna Sandwiches For Dinner Tonight

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 23 Mar 16

It's not fancy but it is good. I like the tuna that is the white albacore and in water. It doesn't taste fishy. Yesterday I picked up some potato Sandwich Rounds and am looking forward to trying them. Since my husband and I...

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Fresh garden vegetables for lunch

deebomb @deebomb (15304) • United States 16 Aug 12

Well it is that time of the year when the vegetables from the garden are starting to get ripe. The kids brought in a good amount of cherry tomatoes, peppers and funky cucumbers. I decided to have the cherry tomatoes and...

cherry tomatoes

cucumbers

salad

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