If you have a little bit of space free in your vegetable garden, it's simple to grow your own crisp cucumbers (Cucumis sativus). A warm-season crop, many varieties of cucumbers grow best when provided ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Home food preservation is expected to be very popular this year as more people are turning to gardening. Media outlets are reporting up to 300% increases ...

While you'll find plenty of tips and tricks to optimize fruit production, improve flavor, or speed up growth, the key to healthy cucumbers is not overlooking common garden mistakes like improper ...

Cucumber plants are fairly vulnerable to a wide variety of garden pests. And in order to protect your harvests, you can explore two options. The first is to reach for chemical pesticides at the first ...

Cucumbers can be one of the most rewarding vegetables you grow in your garden. They grow quickly and just a few plants can give you an abundance of cucumbers throughout the season! Here’s how to grow ...

Hoping to enjoy cucumbers during the off-season? Here's how you can grow this vegetable from the comfort of your own home.

The cucumber plant germinates easily, grows quickly, and produces lots of crunchy, kid-friendly vegetables, making this a rewarding crop for beginners as well as a trusty market-garden staple. If you ...

Q: Last summer I had cucumbers and zucchini wilting and dying even though I’m pretty certain I didn’t have root rot or squash vine borer. What should I try this year so I can hopefully get a harvest?

Hasn’t the summer been great so far? I have enjoyed most of it. My grandsons had a chance to help me in my yard, and they have been really good landscape helpers. I’m proud of how they were able to ...

Gardeners, beware! With the onset of warm days, there is a ravenous pest than can move rapidly onto its favored plants, curcurbits or melons (especially honeydew, crenshaw and casaba), and begin ...