It's good to hear that. I have some failed experience growing cucumbers. For a complete newbie to successfully grow cucumbers is just awesome.

Congrats! It is a great feeling to grow and of course to eat your own food! Cucumbers are usually easy to grow. I guess it depends on where you live. They are one of few veggies that thrive in our native soil, which is all sand.

Good for you. It is exciting, those very first harvests, as I can remember.

Are you in south FL or CA?

Congrats!

It only gets more addicting from here on out.

Leaf lettuces are probably the easiest of all veggies---at least for me. Nothing really attacks them and the only thing I ever have to worry about is them bolting early. I'm in the same boat as ceth_k.--- My cukes start off pretty good, but succumb to powdery mildew early in the fall. Hopefully this coming year, I've learned enough on how to combat it.

I'm guessing FL, or maybe Galveston TX area, pnbrown. Though my maters lasted till mid jan in 2013, we've had a couple cold spells down here in Socal. Maybe the desert?

Good luck with the tomatoes lesley. Mulch works wonders when frost may be coming

Kevin

This post was edited by woohooman on Wed, Jan 1, 14 at 1:24