On 7/19/2018 8:01 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:22:11 -0400, wrote:
>
>> Pickling cukes, green and yellow zukes:
>> https://postimg.cc/image/r5sh998vr/
>> This is only the beginning, lots more comming.
> Nice.
> I've got about a dozen zucchini waiting the fridge. Today I will
> shred them all and pack in 2 cup portions and freeze. 2 cups is what
> all my zucchini baked goods recipes use.
> I am not seeing any bees this year. I am having to hand pollinate the
> zucchini. The cucumbers female blossoms are dropping, unpollinated.
> Normally I have lots of bees.
> Janet US

Â* Any ideas why the bee shortage ? FWIW I seldom see honey bees on the
squashes and other stuff in my garden and the hives are only a few feet
away . I do see lots of other pollinators working the garden , carpenter
bees and certain flies seem to most of that .

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Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety .
Get off my lawn !


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