I hate cucumbers. A quarter of our acre garden was cucumbers growing on black plastic (I’ve a poem somewhere about this). As the youngest, it was my job to not only pick them, but then put them in the jars when we canned them. Tiny pickles are the best (the ‘Sunday pickles’), which meant picking tiny prickly cucumbers - and the leaves are itchy, esp when they still have dew on them. And the black plastic would be hot. One of my least favorite things to do as a farm kid.
But…now that the kvetching is out of the way, I’m so glad you’ve given me a new way to think about them in a positive self-growth way💛 I’ll always remember this…
I worked in a cucumber greenhouse for a few weeks when I lived in Hawaii. Before then, I had no idea what they were like in their pre-grocery store condition. It was fascinating to me because you actually have to wear gloves when you harvest them otherwise your hands will be full of all their pricklies. Even the vine itself is tough and full of little pokey things.
Cucumbers almost have a softness to them. Yes, they are crunchy. But not like a carrot. They are full of water- the softest element and yet arguably the most destructive over time. Oceans. Armor. Succulence.
“Goodness, how lovely is it that we can learn so much about what is inside ourselves and others from what surrounds us?” = exactly!!!!
Wonderful. Thanks for sharing 🥒 🌊
Fantastic read
Grateful!
Mary Oliver could have found a prayer inside a cucumber vine.
There are some prayers growing…they are just not quite ready to pick. ❤️
🖤🖤🖤
I hate cucumbers. A quarter of our acre garden was cucumbers growing on black plastic (I’ve a poem somewhere about this). As the youngest, it was my job to not only pick them, but then put them in the jars when we canned them. Tiny pickles are the best (the ‘Sunday pickles’), which meant picking tiny prickly cucumbers - and the leaves are itchy, esp when they still have dew on them. And the black plastic would be hot. One of my least favorite things to do as a farm kid.
But…now that the kvetching is out of the way, I’m so glad you’ve given me a new way to think about them in a positive self-growth way💛 I’ll always remember this…
I worked in a cucumber greenhouse for a few weeks when I lived in Hawaii. Before then, I had no idea what they were like in their pre-grocery store condition. It was fascinating to me because you actually have to wear gloves when you harvest them otherwise your hands will be full of all their pricklies. Even the vine itself is tough and full of little pokey things.
Cucumbers almost have a softness to them. Yes, they are crunchy. But not like a carrot. They are full of water- the softest element and yet arguably the most destructive over time. Oceans. Armor. Succulence.
I really love this.
Is there anything you haven't done? 😏
Aren't they a strange delight? Quite a curiosity.
I've.... never thought that much of cucumbers?
I will now.
Quite the pickle.
Glad to inspire! 😆
This was a delightful read. I did not know that cucumbers had spines.