tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post6979813212817453135..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Paths, Lilies and Today's HarvestCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-50088060339143061562007-07-12T17:53:00.000-04:002007-07-12T17:53:00.000-04:00LCShores... What is amazing is how many you can ge...LCShores... What is amazing is how many you can get from one hill of cucumbers.<BR/><BR/>Carolyn Gail... I've never tried a seedless one. Post about how it is once you get some fruit.<BR/><BR/>Susie, thanks for the cuke tips and I agree, it is best to wait to put in paths until you know where people are going to naturally walk.<BR/><BR/>Dirty Fingernails... I'm planning to eat as much as I can Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-83328383296037813852007-07-11T23:07:00.000-04:002007-07-11T23:07:00.000-04:00I think the path looks great. Great idea. And yo...I think the path looks great. Great idea. And your veggies look wonderful. Yum! We had homegrown cukes in our salad tonight, still warm from the garden.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029244567686979589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-70067594885749161892007-07-11T13:47:00.000-04:002007-07-11T13:47:00.000-04:00I am having the same issue in one of my flower gar...I am having the same issue in one of my flower gardens. I have a lovely little flagstone path running through on a diagonal. But when I'm working there, I always take a short cut, as do my kids, their friends, my dogs and my husband. I think I better put in some more stone. <BR/><BR/>The lilies are lovely.<BR/><BR/>I am envious of your veggies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-84596637792814209852007-07-11T13:17:00.000-04:002007-07-11T13:17:00.000-04:00I really like the looks of your path...and it is s...I really like the looks of your path...and it is so practical, as well. <BR/>Funny what you said about cukes...I just took some photos of my first ones this morning and was considering doing a post on them. They are one of the staples in our summer vegetable garden. When the lettuce and greens are gone we substitute with Cukes and Tomatoes. I munched one standing in the garden today and it was Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539232387597508849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-70059724339800657962007-07-11T11:48:00.000-04:002007-07-11T11:48:00.000-04:00your veggies look outstanding.. What are your plan...your veggies look outstanding.. What are your plans for them?? Are you going to pickle the cukes?? I love little rain lilies..Dirty Fingernailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13573482446498159253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-29818033737643456232007-07-11T11:40:00.000-04:002007-07-11T11:40:00.000-04:00I too enjoy fresh garden cucumbers any time, the s...I too enjoy fresh garden cucumbers any time, the secret is to not let them get to big. The small ones that are green when you slice them are best. Once they get big and mostly white inside they do not have much flavor. If I want that taste from the grocery I only buy the English cukes that are long and thin and wrapped in plastic wrap and not waxed but they are $$$<BR/>I just sprinkle the thinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-34539021004701265882007-07-11T09:41:00.000-04:002007-07-11T09:41:00.000-04:00I love the path. How did you do it? I need to star...I love the path. How did you do it? I need to start thinking about paths in my garden, too.<BR/><BR/>I'm also enjoying my garden cucumbers, though like Kylee I don't think they're that much different from the store ones (not the variety I'm growing, at least), and we're doing our first pickling session sometime this week. (Wish us luck...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-48314921763521090832007-07-11T09:27:00.000-04:002007-07-11T09:27:00.000-04:00Hi Carol,Those cukes look delicious. I planted a ...Hi Carol,<BR/><BR/>Those cukes look delicious. I planted a Japanese seedless one this year but so far it's all vine and no fruit.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-30964631242058004852007-07-11T09:25:00.000-04:002007-07-11T09:25:00.000-04:00I was amazed the year that I grew cucumbers - I al...I was amazed the year that I grew cucumbers - I always liked them, but that was the year I learned to love and crave them. And, unlike tomatoes, the dang squirrels leave the cukes alone!<BR/><BR/>Now, several years later, I have a cucumber plant in the garden again. It'll be a while before they can be eaten - they're only half the length of my little finger - but I can't wait!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-85404329086367937482007-07-11T08:18:00.000-04:002007-07-11T08:18:00.000-04:00Callie W-L... Thanks for the encouragement and I'm...Callie W-L... Thanks for the encouragement and I'm glad you discovered how good home-grown cucumbers are.<BR/><BR/>Annie in Austin... I have to grow my lilies in pots since they aren't hardy here. I water them daily so it must be something else that caused them to bloom like this suddenly. And, I didn't even realize that cucumber skins smelled. I'll have to go sniff mine.<BR/><BR/>Kylee... Yes, Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-64587307956991247912007-07-11T07:01:00.000-04:002007-07-11T07:01:00.000-04:00Everyone posts about tomatoes and no one posts abo...Everyone posts about tomatoes and no one posts about cucumbers, so why not write a post about a nice cucumber, tomato salad? A little onion, some red peppers and a hand full of feta. That'll get people talking about cucumbers. :) <BR/><BR/>The path looks great too!Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836531596317603886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-22149531775014037652007-07-10T23:27:00.000-04:002007-07-10T23:27:00.000-04:00Carol, great job on the path! Cucumbers are someth...Carol, great job on the path! Cucumbers are something I can take or leave. I don't dislike them but don't crave them either. Perhaps if I had some fresh from the garden I might like them better.Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-50474111576111064362007-07-10T22:57:00.000-04:002007-07-10T22:57:00.000-04:00Love your path, Carol! I have a place like that t...Love your path, Carol! I have a place like that that I should do the same.<BR/><BR/>I grow cucumbers and I buy them in our stores. Is there something wrong with me that I can't tell the difference? Maybe it's because our local stores get their produce from local growers?<BR/><BR/>Anyway...cucumbers are just one of the many raw veggies I used to hate. Well, I still hate most of them, but I nowKylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-40626542005964486902007-07-10T22:44:00.000-04:002007-07-10T22:44:00.000-04:00Carol, your rain lilies are amazing!! Mine are cru...Carol, your rain lilies are amazing!! Mine are cruddy this year - guess they like to bake then have refreshing shower.<BR/><BR/>If you post about cucumbers, I'll call Philo over to the computer - he loves them and I can barely stand the smell of the skins! <BR/><BR/>Once they've been turned into Kosher Dills, however, that's a cucumber of a different color. <BR/><BR/>Annie at the Transplantable Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-82827535400818239722007-07-10T22:30:00.000-04:002007-07-10T22:30:00.000-04:00So true! Why aren't people just stark raving mad f...So true! Why aren't people just stark raving mad for homegrown cucumbers??? They actually taste like a cucumber and not just water. I tried cucumbers for the first time this year and I'm hooked. Unfortunately all the flooding and intense heat has sent my vine into hiding, but I'm determined to come back next year better than ever. Go girl! Keep those cukes comin!<BR/><BR/>Callie<BR/>http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com