Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The world's cutest future pickles


I looked outside yesterday was very surprised to find this growing on my Boston Pickling Cucumber already:

Have you ever seen such a tiny cucumber?:

Especially on a plant that isn't even in the ground yet?:

Have I mentioned already how much I love spring?

20 comments:

Mim said...

Ha, this made me laugh. We had peppers on our plants when we put them in the ground.

CeeCee said...

Time to get them in the ground!

King of New York Hacks said...

That was great...laughed out loud at the pickle in a bag.

dina said...

Adorable!

And you're so far ahead of us! Wow! Baby cukes already! How cool is that?! We're just getting ours planted! Gotta catch up!

Egghead said...

All babies are cute....even baby cucumbers. Yes I am loving spring so much.

Nancy M. said...

Very nice! I am surprised they weren't in the ground!

dog trot farm said...

Those cute little cucumbers make lovely Bread and Butter pickles.

Rural Writer said...

Yep, those little baby cukes are cute all right. Spring really is fun, I agree. Glad you're enjoying it!

frugalmom said...

Itty bitty cucumbers. Thats a great sign of Spring.

I can even see all the little pricklies on it.

GreyWolf said...

Awww, I hope you have many more babies to go along with it!!!

goatgirl said...

I made pickles once. It was fun and they tasted just like pickles. You have inspired me to do it again.

Zitrone said...

Wow! And you are bringing me a couple of those starts tomorrow! Can't wait. They are about the cutest babies I've ever seen!

Joanna@BooneDocksWilcox said...

Spring is so wonderful but it won't quit raining here. Love the yellow blossoms.

jimmycrackedcorn said...

Those are the unfertilized eggs of the plant world. Female flowers make a baby cucumber like that, but if the seeds inside the flower don't get pollinated by a male flower's pollen, the plant will abort the baby. It will shrivel up and fall off rather than waste energy making a seedless cuke for you.

Farmer Jen said...

Very cute! You are way ahead of me in the garden. I just planted my cucumber seeds over the weekend.

CaliforniaGrammy said...

That IS the cutest "littlest" pickle I've ever seen. How fun that'll be in a few months!

Chiot's Run said...

Those are some pretty cute pickles. I'm growing Boston Pickling as well. I can't wait.

Eve said...

Perfect pickle portraits!!!

warren said...

I have heard of boxed wine, but boxed cukes? You west coasters have all the fun!

ThrtnWmsFam said...

I love Spring as much as you do... my favorite time. It's busy, but not the Summer busy-and-scorching-hot busy. Flowers are creating delicious future veggies and fruits. Vines wind around. Sigh. Vikki at www.backyardgrocerygardening.blogspot.com