Fresh dill is plentiful in the summer and adds a unique flavor to salads that never overpowers.

Since cucumbers – this season product, Then sit on a cucumber diet recommended in the summer, from June to August – at a time when you can buy organic vegetables grown in the garden without any additives. …

Same with the lettuce, the tomatoes and the cucumbers . Hosting a garden tour in the middle of the summer is pure torture. It's not that I aim for perfection, an impossible feat when it comes to a vegetable garden, but I would like … Yet I 've often pondered – where …

As much as I love eating fresh cucumbers I really wanted to grow them to make pickles We go through so many jars of pickles every year, especially in the summer with all the entertaining we do that I thought why not …

Summer Herb Garden inspired meals – Coconut Basil Rice, Cucumber Paratha, Mint infused ButterMilk, Orzo-Cantaloupe-Bing cherries-Corn Salad with mint blossoms. This Summer I grew few plants and herbs in the pots. …

cucumber gimlet. Its week three of our season-long garden party, Summer Fest 2011, where we welcome food and garden bloggers to feature garden-to-table recipes and tips. Well help you to enjoy all that this season has to …

Creamy Cucumber Salad and Other Refreshing Cucumber Recipes for the Summer. by QuatroMama on July 20, 2011. Our little square foot garden is producing an abundance of cucumbers, along with other produce that I will update you on soon. …

Defy the summer steaminess with an elegant, simple cocktail.

Between the groundhog attacks, blight and now cucumber beetles, the plants have never had a chance this summer to really take off, which probably explains why I only have 4 large Athena melons developing from 5 plants . …

Pay a video visit to flamboyant bartender Cheryl Charming, who blends bar top magic tricks and a command of liquor lore to keep customers at the Bombay Club, 830 Conti St., amused between rounds. On a July afternoon, Miss Charming defied the summer steaminess with an elegantly simple cocktail titled the Cool as a Cucumber Martini, made of equal parts heirloom gin, organic cucumber-flavored vodka …

Serve the tuna over a bed of cucumbers with the sauce on the side or drizzled on top. Eat up and enjoy this light and delicious meal! For more great cucumber recipes , check out SummerFest at Food Network. …

Not exactly a gazpacho, this summer soup can be kept in the refrigerator for a few days after it’s made.

Cucumbers are all hot-season annual climbing vines. The plants grow very vigorously in the summer, and vines of up to ten feet aren't uncommon. The leaves are large and covered with stiff hairs. …

A body detox is a great way to beat the summer heat. Check out this detox diet to help you get started. … For lunch, a hot summer day almost seems to require a fresh, crisp salad made with plenty of greens, fresh shredded carrots, sliced radishes, cucumbers and sprouts. Have this with fresh, grilled chicken or turkey. To…

Last summer I pickled radishes and beets, this summer I started with this recipe for sweet and sour cucumbers I found in the July issue of Sunset Magazine. They also have a few other recipes for pickled carrots, …

Finally, our cucumber plants are recovering from the groundhogs attacks and beginning to produce again. I harvest the first two Tasty Jade cukes of the summer this week. They have a nice snap to them and are mild tasting …