Crunch, crunch, crunch, excuse me, this is the sound of me
munching a cucumber just plucked from the vine, fresh cucumbers
from the garden are hard to beat! I think cucumbers are the second
most popular vegetable in the garden right behind tomatoes.
My favorite way to grow my cucumbers is in a raised bed system.
Not just any old system but a cinder block garden. This garden
system requires no hammer, nails or wood. It uses cinder blocks for
the walls. Inside the blocks I use a special soil mix that feeds the
plants all season without any extra fertilizers. This system uses 1/4
the space of a conventional row garden. It requires 1/4 the time and
water to grow the same amount of food as a conventional row
garden.
Why do it the hard way when cucumbers can be grown so easily and
care free in a cinder block garden?
I plant six cucumber hills for my family of five people. There are
three for pickle making and the other three are for fresh eating. This
is plenty of cucumbers for us and the chickens. If there are only one
or two people at your house, still plant two cucumber plants.
Unknown things happen to cucumber plants. If your plant dies and
you only have one you are out of luck.
I can get approximately 32 pounds of cucumbers from a 40 inch by
40 inch bed. I grow the cucumbers up on a trellis to save garden
space and also the trellis keeps the vines drier and that in turn
prevents most diseases. http://bit.ly/gZw31V 
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