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Well done on the growth of your cucumber. Young Cucumber is certainly a fighter, and will be most comfortable in a mini salad,
It’s going to be one of those mini salads that they serve at posh cocktail parties on spoons, isn’t it? So mini that the entire salad is about half a mouthful…