The time has come to turn our attention to a permanent guest in your boxes that is usually taken for granted and certainly deserves some special attention: the incredible cucumber! You've been receiving quite a bit of them lately thanks to a joyful abundance in our field (more on that later).

Cucumbers grow in our greenhouse all winter – a single winter child of the Cucurbit family. By now they've been joined by all the cousins, nieces and nephews from this very prominent family – the first to visit us in springtime, i.e., fakkus, melon, various squash varieties, and even a watermelon waiting to join the ride just around the corner. So, although he is smothered with hugs and sticky kisses from those who missed him over winter, we’re happy to provide the cucumber with its seven minutes of solo fame.

Cucumbers originated in the heart of the Indian subcontinent. This very ancient domesticated vegetable has been raised by the human farmer for over 3,000 years. By virtue of being so ancient, today there is almost no place in the world where a wild cucumber grows.