Here's how to choose the best cucumbers for pickling, whether you're planting them or shopping at the farmers market.

Once cucumber vines start fruiting, check your plants every day or two for ripe cucumbers and pick promptly. Cucumbers grow fast, and if they are allowed to age too long on the plant, they’ll develop ...

Those with green thumbs will tell you there’s nothing quite like tilling the soil, planting a seed and watching a vegetable grow. With cucumbers, you first see an inch-long shoot sprout from … ...

Salting cucumbers before pickling is an important step. Cucumbers are around 96% water; salt helps to draw out some of that moisture to ensure your pickles retain their crunch in the brine.

Some might say pickles are typically German, but — small and large alike — these crunchy green pickled veggies also come in Russian, French, and Polish varieties. In our household, we prefer the ...