Sunflowers and cucumbers

I have a sunflower at last! One of the flowers opened up in the rain today. It was one of the smaller, sickly-looking plantsย so I was not expecting to get a flower out of it at all but here it isย with a bee hard at work. It’s lovely.

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We also picked our first cucumber today. I’ve never grown cucumbers before but it was surprisingly easy. I couldn’t think of howย to take a selfie with this cucumber without people getting the wrong idea –ย maybe it’s just me but cucumbers look likeย giant penises. So I added a spoon to the photo instead.

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And then we chopped it up and ate it!

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12 responses to “Sunflowers and cucumbers”

  1. Denise Avatar

    Congratulations on your sunflower. I bet that cucumber tasted good. Did it have a stronger flavour than a shop cucumber?
    Do they all look like penises? There’s something about the curve on that one that makes it so. I am just imagining a plant full of them.

    1. Rachel M Avatar

      It did taste good and more flavoursome than a shop-bought one but I might be biased.

      This one does look particularly phallic. Perhaps I am growing a new variety of phallic cucumbers ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. gemmagarner Avatar

    Sunflowers AND a cucumber on the same day! Seeing your cucumber just reminded me have one at the allotment that’s probably ready to pick now โ€” haven’t been down to water in a few days, oops.

    1. Rachel M Avatar

      I know! It’s like all my Christmases have come at once.

  3. Val Avatar
    Val

    Oh, well done for the sunflower! As for your cucumber… er… did you have to cuircumcise it? ๐Ÿ˜‰

    1. Rachel M Avatar

      Nope. This cucumber was not circumcised ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. scifihammy Avatar

    You can’t keep a good sunflower down! ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Rachel M Avatar

      I’ve never grown them before and I only grew these because Elizabeth wanted to but I’m enjoying it more than she is now.

      1. scifihammy Avatar

        haha Sounds familiar! ๐Ÿ™‚

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