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I love the curly sproings of grapevines....i trek thru the woods and the wetlands around my house in late fall to photograph the tendrils in all their crazy shapes...i went out this evening to check on my hens and noticed the cucumber vines still had their sproingy tendrils in spite of the past few cold nights...out came the camera for a back lit shot as the sun was going down!
First year growing Cucumber. The plant was started as an indoor seed in early May and transplanted outdoors May 28th.
The first Cucumber grew overhanging the side of the 5 gallon bucket and grew to 12 -1/4 inches long, was 3 - 1/4 inches in diameter and weighed 1 -1/4 pounds.
The thorns on mature cucumbers.
They are not big enough to pierce skin and they can be rubbed off. They might give you a bit of surprise if you don't know to expect them
thinly sliced cucumber on top of a pint glass, held over a light, under the lens, camera on a tripod, remote trigger in the other hand. turned out well, i think.
day three of reverse macro in the kitchen week.
Sea cucumbers have the ability to emit sticky threads from their anus when attacked. I found this one in Apo Island.
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Cucumber slices lit but SB600 diffused through white paper to left. Knife lit by SB800 fired at a piece of white cardboard, cut into the shape of the knife, about 20 cm up, so as to reflect into the knife blade but not the cucumber slices.
Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata). Yet another agricultural pest found on sunflowers lining my driveway. Arvada, Jefferson Co., Colo.
Spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Hawkweed flower
Cesar Chavez Park, Berkeley, California
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"Contrary to popular belief, cucumbers are not vegetables but rather fruits. Cucumbers belong to the squash family and are in the same genus as the common muskmelon. Their fragrant sweetness is notoriously good with gin. Many gin connoisseurs add a slice of cucumber to their gin to compliment the subtle juniper flavor. In America cucumbers have, for the most part, been demoted to a salad topping, but let’s try something a little different.
Since it’s such a close relative of the muskmelon, I decided to make a sweet cocktail from the humble cucumber, which is where our second character comes in: Hibiscus. What we call hibiscus includes a group of over 200 species of plants in the Malvaceae family of flowers native to warm regions such as Mexico. The flower of the plant itself is dark red. It’s flavor is best described as a combination of a lemon and a rose. Just a couple dried flowers steeped in warm water results in a deep crimson tea with a pleasantly tart flavor.
This is a refreshing cucumber and hibiscus cocktail. It’s a combination of sweet hibiscus tea and a lightly carbonated cucumber and gin soda. The hibiscus tea is simply sweetened with honey and the cucumber and gin soda is made from cucumber juice and gin steeped with a few juniper berries to accentuate the gin. The cucumber mixture is charged in a siphon and poured over the hibiscus tea. The effervescent bitterness of the cucumber and gin immediately refreshes and gives way to the sweet and tart hibiscus tea."
Having fun peeling the cucumbers.. I decided to try the striped approach to add a bit more color without too much of the harsh bitterness (and wax).
Not sure on this one. I think it's a cucumber spider. Anyone help on the ID? (Now confirmed cheers Jason). Weird little spider. Took handheld at 5* magnification with the MP-E 65mm.