Drawing 231 ~ of the 2 cucumbers left from our cottage visitors today who brought these gifts from their bountiful garden. What a treat to eat a freshly picked cucumber. Our mother would always say, “Das wagst noch!” (That is still growing!) as we sat down to eat something freshly harvested from the garden. 

Here is a link to an article about the wonderful vitamin content of the lowly cucumber:
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/praise-lowly-cucumber

Up close and personal….I observed they have a lot of character.