On my last visit to TDR I found a link to Maple Tree Literary Supplement, a nifty new quarterly literary journal with 75% Canadian content. The current editorial is titled "The Professional Poet?"
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This spring H planted wild cucumber seeds by the downstairs studio window on the west side of the house. It grew like crazy, the vines twining around the window. Now there's a cucumber hanging in plain view.
A bit prickly, but lovely nonetheless.
6 comments:
If they're wild, why did he have to plant them?
Uh. Hm. Well, I dunno. Some people use them as trellis cover up here. Our growing season is short and they do ok.
Can you eat the cucumbers?
Good question. I just did a quick google and don't see any mention of them being edible. We just like how it looks. Wildly vined and prickly. And it's really cool when the cucumbers mature and the seeds fall out. If I remember I'll post some pics when that happens.
Know anybody who's prickly but lovely?
Ha! Trust you to ask that!
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