It’s a great year to grow some cucumbers, especially if you’re a fan of pickles. Growing cucumbers is easy, and you’ll be rewarded with a huge crop—but do you know the best cucumbers for pickling? The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nothing says summer like a burger off the grill topped with crispy, homemade pickles. And where do those pickles come from? The ...

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

Cucumbers are among the most popular garden vegetables, and growing them can be rewarding and delicious. Cucumbers thrive in Iowa’s warm summer and quickly produce a bounty of fresh, homegrown ...

MILWAUKEE - Is your garden growing like crazy? We're going to help you save some of that food for the future. All summer long, Master Food Preserver Christina Ward is going to offer some ways to ...

When the garden is giving you cukes, it’s time to give your family pickles. As any backyard gardener knows, those who choose to grow cucumbers are swamped with them at this time of year. The bins at ...

It's all about timing when harvesting cucumbers for eating fresh or preserving as dill or sweet pickles. Picking these low-calorie vegetables ensures the best flavor, greatest nutritional value and ...

If you are going to venture at all beyond the ordinary in growing cucumbers - and you must if want to eat the best tasting ones - then you should think about how they reproduce. Cucumber flowers are ...

A few days ago, I received an inquiry from a reader asking what the differences were between slicing, specialty and pickling cucumbers and several other questions that I will try to answer here.