Cucumbers grow on vines and, like most vines, they grow rapidly and prolifically. When several plants are grown together vines can quickly become tangled, overgrown, and difficult to maintain.

However, part of learning how and when to harvest your garden's cucumbers includes learning how to prune for a good harvest.

Yes, they grow from a flowering vine and contain seeds so botanically speaking, cucumbers are a fruit. Here are recipes for you to use up your cucumbers (dangerously sharp mandolin not necessary ...