First Cucumber Harvested 30 July 2013

This cucumber started at a very early age on 11 July.

It appeared to be growing into its prickles on 18 July.

Almost ready to be harvested on 26 July.

Weighing in at 226g/0.5lbs this Burpee's Sweet Burpless Hybrid Cucumber was cut free from its vine early on the morning of 30 July. A meeting with dill and sour cream is scheduled.


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Teenage Cuke

Baby Cucumber 11July2013

Two weeks have passed since the first baby cucumber arrived.

Toddler Cucumber 18July2013

Last week it had grown to the toddler stage.

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This week it's hanging out, a fresh teenager. It will be a legal adult before you know it.

I sneaked a peek at its calendar. I believe it has a lunch meeting at the beginning of next week with lettuce, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers and radishes.

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First Snow Pea Harvest

I picked some snow peas today. 

I love them when they are small, crisp, tender and sweet. Unlike the limp, tasteless monsters you get at the supermarket.

I didn't get many, 2oz/57g. They will be a welcome addition to a green salad.

Snow Pea Timeline

Seeds planted into the garden on 4 April

Snow pea plants 2"/50mm tall on 2 May

Snow pea plants 6"/152mm on 16 May

Snow peas 12"/305mm tall and flowering on 20 May

First harvest of snow peas 27 May

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Square Foot Garden Yield 2012

In order to quantify the production of my square foot garden, I will be weighing all the produce that is harvested over this growing season.

Available at Harbor Freight

I will be using a digital kitchen scale to do the weighing.


I saw some snow peas forming on the vines at 20:00 on Thurs., 24May. I was unable to capture any good quality images at that time because of the low natural light level.

I grabbed the above images the next morning.

There are also cherry tomatoes and some bell peppers showing signs of fruit. My expectations are high, especially with the potato towers.


I will start to harvest the snow peas on Sun., 27May.


We shall see.


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Snow Peas Update

I planned to get the Snow Pea seeds into the ground on St. Patrick's Day, 17March, but that didn't happen. I planted the snow pea seeds 4April. Here is a review and update on the peas.

Snow Pea seeds ready for plastic sandwich bag 18March2012

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The Snow Peas have grown to about 9"/23cm in 6 weeks. I do not see any flower buds. I expect harvest will be in June.


Even before the harvest I will be planting melon seeds in two squares and cucumber seeds in the other two squares in the back of the plot. That will probably happen very close to 1June.

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