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    CUCUMBERS IN NUMBERS

    Aug 07, 2019 3 minutes
    Words Jennifer Stackhouse

    Growing cucumbers at my place has had an unexpected side-effect: my daughter has refused to eat store-bought ones as they don’t taste any good. While it was flattering that she loved home-grown vegies, it was tricky to make salads after the frosts arrived! She was devastated when she discovered that I couldn’t grow more cucumbers until the warm weather returned.

    In most areas it’s easy to grow cucumbers from spring to autumn. However, since we moved from Sydney to northwest Tasmania with its very short growing season, I’ve

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