Baby cucumbers ๐Ÿฅ’

We have baby cucumbers! ๐Ÿฅน I discovered about 10 cucumbers growing in our back patio garden.

Why is it such a thrilling feeling to discover your fruit and vegetable plants have started to produce food? I had the biggest smile on my face when I saw the tiny cucumbers. โ˜บ๏ธ

A couple of weeks ago, I was worried the cucumber flowers weren’t going to get pollinated because I hadn’t really seen any bees in our patio garden.

But last weekend, I noticed a few honeybees flying back and forth to the cucumbers. ๐Ÿ I felt relieved.

Gardening is teaching me to be more patient and have more trust.

And I loved showing the kids the little cucumbers!

They were excited to search through the big leaves and count how many cucumbers they could find.

I can’t wait to harvest our cucumbers once they’re ready! I told the kids we’re going to use the cucumbers to make homemade dill pickles. ๐Ÿ˜Š

๐Ÿ’œ XO


Happy Friday

Three things to reflect on in honor of September 11th.

The cucumbers have flowers ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒผ

Our cucumbers have flowers now! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒผ I noticed the bright, yellow flowers this past Saturday.

Travis and I were geeking out about it. Lol! ๐Ÿ˜‚This is the first time we have grown cucumbers, so we are very excited!

We’re growing eight pickle cucumber plants. I plan on making dill pickles with our cucumber harvest, so I’m also growing dill in the same grow bags.

The cucumber plants are also showing signs they’re ready to start climbing. Thin tendrils have emerged and started curling around the trellis. ๐Ÿฅน๐ŸŒฟ

I think it’s just amazing how the plants know to reach out and wrap itself around nearby objects. They’re like little hands searching for something to embrace. ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜

Over the weekend, Travis installed a simple homemade trellis behind the cucumbers. He just used nails and twine. Super easy!

We also ended up transplanting a few of the plants into separate grow bags so they don’t crowd each other and have enough root space to grow.

I can’t wait to see the cucumbers start growing! Shouldn’t be too much longer now. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒผ

๐Ÿ’œ XO

P.S.โ€”here’s my midsummer seed order and a few new blooms in the garden.


Happy Friday!

Four fun things for Friday, including a new art exhibit I’m excited to see.