My two little grandsons proudly brought me their armfuls of cucumbers and carrots from the vegie garden. They loved searching the vines that were bigger than themselves for the bright yellow and green cucumbers.
These are seeds from Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa. The three kinds of cucumbers in the photo above include the True Lemon, Miniature White and Parisian Pickling.
To see how the cucumbers started out you can check this post from earlier this summer and see how far they’ve come, from this…..
To this!
Look at all this deliciousness!
If you want more information on where to purchase the True Lemon Cucumber check out this link at Seed Savers Exchange if you want to grow this delightful heirloom. It is so good, that you could eat it like an apple right off the vine, skin and all. Yummmmm. For dinner we made this super simple side salad in a matter of minutes. Fresh, organic, homegrown deliciousness. I did not slice up the Parisian Pickling Cucumbers, as I’m hoping to make time to make refrigerator pickles. Until then try this simple cucumber salad recipe with fresh cucumbers from the Farmer’s Market or your neighbors garden.
- 4-5cucumbers
- 1 small red onion
- 2T salt
- 4T sugar
- 6T rice vinegar
- fresh dill
- Slice your fresh cucumbers and red onion into a bowl.
- Sprinkle with the salt, mix and set aside for 15 minutes.
- Add sugar, vinegar and dill and toss.
- Serve right away.