From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Pavel314 wrote:   
   > On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:49:32 PM UTC-4, Drew Lawson wrote:   
   >> Pavel314  writes:   
   >>   
   >> >I'm probably cursing myself by posting this, but we've been planting both   
   summer and winter squash for   
   >> >years and had no problem with borers or bugs. Maybe they don't come as far   
   north or east as Maryland.   
   >>   
   >> I don't think that is the case.  I certainly had my share of squash   
   >> borers in northen Virginia in the late '80s.   
   >>   
   >> It's been years since I planted anything that they target.  I'm   
   >> pleasantly surprised that they don't go after cucumber vines.  I   
   >> hope they ignore water melon as well, since I'm trying that this   
   >> year.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >>  Drew Lawson              For it's not the fall, but landing,   
   >>                           That will alter your social standing   
   >   
   > This has been a great year for cucumbers for us. We have too many to eat so   
   we give the excess to the sheep. They enjoyed them for a while but now they're   
   getting tired of them, too.   
   >   
   > We had a similar situation about 40 years ago when I over-planted cucumbers;   
   my daughter's pony ate the excess for a while but eventually wouldn't touch   
   them.   
      
     a few can be bitter.   
      
     i just put up another 12 quarts of dill pickles yesterday   
   so the idea of "too many" doesn't happen until i get to   
   around 100 quarts.  :)   
      
     i will eat them all summer if they keep producing and   
   we don't pull the plants.  i can give quite a few away to   
   my brother, he'll eat them too.  i like them as a low   
   calorie snack/filler and we make a lot of things with   
   them (salads, quick pickles, sandwiches, etc.).   
      
      
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