zxcvbob wrote:

> Pete wrote:
>
> > I planted around 50 cucumber vines this spring.
> > Also a few rows of dill.
> >
> > Now that I have some small pickles coming in, I want to make some
> > refrigerator pickles.
> >
> > The dill I have currently is getting ready to flower.
> >
> > Do I use the leaves? Stems? Flowers? Or do I have to wait for the
> > seeds?
>
> You use the whole plant. (Maybe not the roots.) I haven't made dill
> pickles in a few years, but I usually use the dill flowers or immature
> seeds or whatever stage the tops are when the cukes are ready, plus a
> few pieces of the stems cut into 2-or-3 inch sections.
>
> Bob

I've had good luck with freezing all or part of the plants, then throw
frozen parts into pickles. They taste as good as fresh.
Edrena