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    A Tale of Two Cucumbers

    The little vine appeared in the vegetable patch. It was hidden at first, barely noticeable among the strawberries until it tried reaching for the sky. “What this?” Stew asked. “Not sure.” There’d been many things planted in that bed. What could make a reappearance now? A late bloomer. An early starter? “Hmm, maybe cucumber?” Our veggie garden is a bit ramshackle. I’m not about ‘rows’. I prefer to let the plants sprout and trail wherever they like. But we’re having a very wet summer. “Maybe we should lift them up this year, shepherd them to crawl up a basic trellis. That way there’s less chance they’ll rot on the wet…