Big boys...

These next two kind of snuck up on me. I just wasn't looking hard enough or in the right place. Check out the album for a couple others but these make it a total of 19 cucumbers.

14 cucumbers and counting...

Here's the latest and greatest pictures of my cucumber plants and the cucumbers I've picked in the last week including the 3 in the last picture that are from today alone:



This brings the total number of cucumbers picked from my plants to 14 with plenty more on the way.

Update...

It's been a week since my last post. My wife is days away from giving birth so most of my time has been devoted to that. An update though on my EarthBox: I've picked at least 11 cucumbers now and there are at least 2 or 3 that are ready to be picked with plenty more to come. I'm definitely sold on the EarthBox now and can't wait to get another. The cucumbers have been some of the best tasting I've ever had. On more than one occasion, there has been a bitter taste to the store-bought cucumbers I've had but there is no case of that with my homegrown ones. It's truly a sight to see. I'll get some more pictures up of my latest pickings as well as how my plant looks now as it's been while since I last posted one. I skipped on the trellis because things seem to be doing just fine on their own. Next year though, I'll know what to expect and will be ready from the start.

Also check out the right column as I'll have some blogs and sites I check out regarding real food.

3 more...

I just picked this three around 4:30 pm Central time. The top cucumber in this photo is a lot smaller around than the rest. I'm not certain why that is but my only guess is that it was picked from the back side of the EarthBox that received the least amount of sun. I have no clue if that's the case but that's my guess when I compare it to the rest that were shorter but bigger around. So that's a total of 8 cucumbers picked in a matter of 4 days.

Fresh pickings...

I picked my first cucumber on Saturday but it was eaten by myself, my wife, my folks and my in-laws who were down from Lincoln, Nebraska for the day before I could snap a picture.
The first picture is of 2 more that I picked on Sunday.


These next 2 I picked first thing this morning.

Day 45 - Cucumbers!!!

Take a look at these pictures:


Be sure to check the others I've posted. I've got 3 cucumbers of significant size with several more on the way. And all it's taken is a daily watering. I'm definitely sold on the EarthBox and can't wait to get another one going for next year.

Day 38

It's been over a week since I last posted. I've been having to add more water than before but as you can tell, the plants are definitely growing. Check out these new pictures: