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 ...

Low in calories and versatile, cucumbers can flavor beverages, perk up a salad, be served as a snack, or be made into pickles. This popular vegetable is a good source of fiber, potassium, and vitamin ...

Cucumbers thrive in warm, sunny conditions and should be planted outdoors only after soil temperatures reach at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit, typically a few weeks after the last frost. To keep ...

Late summer brings a bounty of fresh produce to kitchens across the Midwest. I recently scrolled past a meme on social media that said, “you aren’t from the Midwest unless you discover random grocery ...

The National Garden Bureau every year selects a vegetable, an annual and a perennial, to encourage people to grow. In 2014 they selected the cucumber as the vegetable of the year, and rightly so; ...

Good fences make good neighbors, they say. Good fences also make good cucumbers. A chainlink fence is perfect. So is any other fence or trellis that cucumber vines can easily climb. The fence's value ...