MOUNT VERNON — Cucumber growers are in a pickle with the impending closure of a processing plant in Portland, Ore., and a decision by the owner to stop buying pickle cukes in the Pacific Northwest.

Cool, crunchy cucumbers are great in salads, pickled, or even eaten plain with a little salt (or is that just me?). These wonderful summer veggies can grow well in all sizes of vegetable gardens, ...

Growing your own cucumbers to pickle or add crunch to salads is easier than you may think. This tender fruit loves warm weather and can grow in the ground or containers, so long as the plants receive ...

The cucumber plant germinates easily, grows quickly, and produces lots of crunchy, kid-friendly vegetables, making this a rewarding crop for beginners as well as a trusty market-garden staple. If you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spruce / Sanja Kostic Plant cucumbers outside after the last frost once the soil has warmed to 60°F to 70°F, which is ...

Space before my sunniest window is at a premium, but I had to squeeze in my pickle plant. Cucumbers, growing indoors, sprawling across the living room floor? Hardly: my pickle plant isn’t edible and ...

Spring is the time for planting. Autumn is when we put things in jars. So goes the conventional wisdom, anyway, among enthusiasts of the garden lifestyle. But the reality is, one can surely plant ...

Q: I would like to grow cucumbers for the Lebanese pickles I find in Middle Eastern grocery stores. The labels say wild cucumber. Can you tell me what that is and suggest a source for seeds? A: If it ...