Cucumbers

This summer we planted a space saving cucumber (well, three to be precise) in the hope we'd get cucumbers but still have plenty of room in the garden for other vegetables.  The vines pretty much took over the entire veg patch.  If that's what a space saving vine does, I'd hate to see one that isn't.  Apart from rampaging through the patch the vines have produced oodles of cucumbers of varying sizes, including the corker weighing in at more than a kilo below. 

I never imagined I'd be spending time writing about cucumbers, of all things. But here I am, writing a second post about the blighters.  Truly we've had so many cucumbers it's been difficult to know what to do with them all.  We've turned a fair amount into bread and butter pickles - which all future visitors will be encouraged to try.  We've had cucumbers in various forms in different salads and we've given a heap away. I draw the line at cucumber sandwiches. Not because I don't like cucumber sandwiches but because we're not eating much bread at the moment as we're trying to lose weight.  I'm certainly not going to sacrifice the bread I have on cucumber sandwiches when there is cheese, ham and tomato to be had. We are open to all idea's cucumber.  Please feel free to share. 

Oh... and we pulled two of the vines out to make room for other vegetables.  We probably should have just planted one in the first place. But I can't bring myself to discard a healthy seedling and couldn't find anyone to gift it too.  Note to self, find homes for veg seedlings in the future.