I don't like cucumbers, but they are very easy to grow. However, I do like pickles, but a lot of people made pickling sound hard. However, it's super-easy and super-quick with the right recipe. This is a modification of this recipe.
I got two small cucumbers from the garden. They were probably half-sized. I only picked them because I was impatient to wait for the rest of them. I then sliced them thinly. I also sliced a half of a small onion. I put these things in a small jar.
I then took 1/2 cup of vinegar and mixed it with 1/2 cup of sugar, and added just a little bit of salt, mustard seed, ground turmeric, ground cloves, and dill. I then boiled it until the sugar disappeared.
Once the sugar was dissolved, I just poured my stuff over my cucumbers, closed the lid to the jar, and stuck it in the refrigerator.
24 hours later...pickles!
I wonder, however, if all of the spices are needed. I think next time I'm going to go super-simple and see what it tastes like with just vinegar, sugar, and salt.