Cucumber Update

Our three cucumber plants in troughs

It's been just over two weeks since I planted the three cucumber plants in troughs (there were four, the fourth being very weak and suffering from root rot. RIP). They've been doing very well and I'm trying to not water them too much. Luckily the weather's been helping me out by being rather cold and miserable!

This morning, however, I decided to have a close inspection of the plants to see what I could see. I thought cucumbers grew off stalks that in turn grow off the main stem (a little like tomatoes) but it turns out they grow right off the main stem, just where the leaves join. At the moment they are tiny. This one is about the biggest and it's about 1cm long. There are quite a few on all three plants, easily identified by the star-like flower bud.

Tiny cucumber - the flower's not anywhere near ready to open

Hopefully the weather will warm up a notch and they'll thrive.

Meanwhile, in another part of the garden - well, several parts of the gargen - there are the French Beans which are starting to flower now. Not very exciting flowers it has to be said. But so long as they do the job they're ok with me. This is the most advanced plant with maybe half a dozen pods on it, these being the biggest.

Slowly but surely, the arrival of French beans