Anyone else enjoy gardening?

[ScottK]

A before and after..

This picture was taken July 6.  These cucumbers were planted from seed about 3 days prior, and practically instantly germinated in summer soil temperature and a little added water here in Pennsylvania.  (Planted also with a little time release fertilizer for our lame soil)

This is a variety with shorter vines that is touted as a good variety for containers that I found in Home Depot.

Then here's these same plants today - picture taken July 26 just after a heatwave here.



The stems on these plants are over a half inch thick!

These plants should be producing cucumbers in a few weeks.  The point being that there is still time to get a summer crop like cucumbers going before the temperatures start dropping going into fall here.  Zucchini works too.

I'm using fabric this year for weed control.  A big sheet of cardboard works well too.