Author: Ejucaided RedneckEjucaided Redneck Date: Jun 13, 2007 06:06
BraxtonBoy wrote:
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> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:46:49 GMT, Ejucaided Redneck
> mindspring.com> wrote:
> >>:That's about where we're at, except I didn't plant any lettuce. . .
>
> A nice leaf lettuce makes everything taste a lot better.
For some people.
I've never much cared for it.
> Oh, the honey bees are as plentiful here as they were in the 50s. And
> they've been joined by Clover bees (looks like a bumble bee, though
> it's much smaller, just a little larger than a honey bee). In the
> 50s, the clover bees mostly were in the area of active farms. With
> farming having declined seriously in Braxton County, I guess the
> Clover bees decided to compete with the honey bees in 'non-farm'
> areas. This is white clover, not red clover.
That's white clover growing between the house and the barn, and we've
got lots of clover bees.
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