If you have a little bit of space free in your vegetable garden, it's simple to grow your own crisp cucumbers (Cucumis sativus). A warm-season crop, many varieties of cucumbers grow best when provided ...

Cucumbers can be one of the most rewarding vegetables you grow in your garden. They grow quickly and just a few plants can give you an abundance of cucumbers throughout the season! Here’s how to grow ...

Cucumbers are low-maintenance plants that grow easily without much attention. But one thing this vining crop can be picky about is where it's planted. Cucumbers can take over the garden, with the ...

The cucumber plant germinates easily, grows quickly, and produces lots of crunchy, kid-friendly vegetables, making this a rewarding crop for beginners as well as a trusty market-garden staple. If you ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Home food preservation is expected to be very popular this year as more people are turning to gardening. Media outlets are reporting up to 300% increases ...

Watermelon and cucumber seeds are popular in school projects, says nurseryman Greg Rohde, because they are easy and economical to grow. That holds for the home garden, too, although transplants are ...

Cucumber plants are fairly vulnerable to a wide variety of garden pests. And in order to protect your harvests, you can explore two options. The first is to reach for chemical pesticides at the first ...

Last week's podcast on Joe Lamp’l‘s website (joegardener.com) was “Get to Know Cucumber-Melons, an Alternative to Bitter Cucumbers," which sent me on a web search to learn all about these fascinating ...

Just because two crops are delicious, it doesn't mean that they should be planted near each other. Such is the case with ...

Gardeners, beware! With the onset of warm days, there is a ravenous pest than can move rapidly onto its favored plants, curcurbits or melons (especially honeydew, crenshaw and casaba), and begin ...