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To beat the scorching summer, remember the crunchy cucumber! This wonderful, low calorie vegetable has more nutrients to offer than just water and electrolytes.
Cucumber is one of the oldest cultivated vegetable and is believed to have originated in the northern plains of India.
Fresh cucumbers are available throughout the summer season and can be eaten raw as is or in vegetable salads or in the form of juice. They are being sold in cartloads on the road sides of Lucknow.
The spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) is a major agricultural pest insect. In the adult form it eats and damages leaves of many crops, including cucumbers, soybeans, cotton, beans and many others. In the larval form, which is known as the southern corn rootworm, it tunnels through the roots of young plants, stunting or killing them. These native pests have a wide range of host plants, but will readily infest a field of crop plants, most notoriously corn.
Adult beetles are greenish-yellow with six large black spots on each elytron. They are about half a centimeter long. The larvae are yellowish and wormlike.
The spotted cucumber beetle has three subspecies, each with a different common name;
the Spotted cucumber beetle (a.k.a. Southern corn rootworm) is Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi
the Western cucumber beetle is Diabrotica undecimpunctata tenella
the Western spotted cucumber beetle is Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata.
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You know when you take a cucumber out of the fridge and you get this 'ooze' from just inside the edges...
They were supposed to be zucchinis! Because of the swearing I did when they turned out to be cucumbers - which I don't like - my family now refers to them as the "special" cucumbers.
boy they sure grow up fast. next time you see them they'll be in college! (drinking beers and going around with fast women!)
Assassin bug doing what he does. The cucumber bug is common in North Carolina.
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The pickling cucumbers I planted this year are taking over our garden.
Here's a picture of a funky one I picked today. It's huge! I put an average one next to it for comparison.
this little girl played with everything at my booth and i love her for it!
stay tuned for more pics this is just the first batch!
Cucumber-Tarragon paired with 1st Course: "Scallop"
This first non-alcoholic drink pairing surprised me. First, it was savory - slightly saline. Second, I was impressed with how prominently and well-balanced both the cucumber and tarragon stood out. Lastly, the flavors were very clean. The drink (as all subsequent drinks) was served from this novel "carafe" (I was told it was from Japan) which had a little cavity for keeping ice separate from the drink liquid to prevent dilution. Oh those Japanese - they think of everything. And pretty too!