CUCUMBERS AND GHERKINS GET GROWING
My very first container-grown cucumber plant had a challenging life. Tucked away in a shady corner of the back garden, it was protected by netting from the children's flying footballs. Even so, it produced a crop of fruit.
Taking on the allotment, I then moved on to gherkins – smaller versions of the cucumber and from the same family – because I wanted to create brines and make my own pickled gherkins, or pickled anything for that matter. Shop-bought pickles have never cut the
