I took a closer at my (barren) cuke plant and suddenly noticed that a lot of the stems look like they were cut--like someone snipped (chewed?) them, leaves, flowers, baby cukes and all. hmmm. No deer in our neighborhood, haven't seen any bunnies... My mind wanders towards the poor lean ferals. I wonder...? Or is there some other garden mammal that likes cuke plants? Well, it certainly explains why I'm not having any luck with it...