Branching Out
Deeply Rooted
Love the image of emptying a pillowcase on Halloween night-- so very exciting heirloom gal. Here's hoping for a long, warm summer of gardening. 

I should warn you, like a lot of the Indian khiva type cucumbers, Sikkim can take a lot of summer heat to do well; more than can be counted on this far north. Maybe try for a Russian khiva type, like Kaiser Alexander, Brown Russian, or Russian Potato/Little Potato. (I'd say Russian Netted, but, with the only source I know of giving out incorrect seed [which does NOT do well here], I don't know where to find that.)I'm still trying to figure out which corn, spinach & cucumber to grow. Leaning toward Sikkim.