I'm
Not
SHARING!
Looks like this will have to do until I can find some bird netting. I found them sitting on the darkest blueberry bush just smirking at me when I came home. Fiends they are. Ruthless, consciousness fiends.
***I bought the bird block, but I can't see how holes that large are a deterrant to anything. Also squished some squash bug eggs today. Wish I could find the momma bug, however. I'll look again later on.
That looks like a good idea! There are a few blueberry fields here that are completely covered with netting. Must be quite a challenge to set up.
ReplyDeletePlease keep us updated and let us know if the tulle keeps the birds out of your blueberries. I swear, the birds in my yard keep a watchful eye out. As soon as they see a single ripe blueberry, they sweep in and swipe it faster than you can snap your fingers. And yesterday I found one sitting inside one of my blueberry bushes, just chirp chirp chirping, then snack snack snacking. Oh the torture we gardeners endure!!
ReplyDeleteThose are nice bushes you have there!
ReplyDeleteThe bird netting keeps them out for the most part, but sometimes they get tangled trying to get in, at least that has been my Mother's exerience all these years. I have luckily never found a bird in my netting.
Good job! If I had blueberries that looked like that, I wouldn't be sharing either!
ReplyDeleteI took the tulle off as it kept blowing off and I actually watched a bird grab it by the side and yank it off.
ReplyDeleteI bought some bird netting which is on there now, but those fiends took the best blueberries off before I could get to it. EG warned me last year, he sure did. I should have been prepared.
I am thinking of using the tulle as a row cover come fall for the cabbage and broccoli.
Those plants in containers look gorgeous! It's a shame that we have to deal with birds and squirrels all the time. I'm thinking of making removable cages to fit over my bushes...
ReplyDeleteBird netting is one of those love/hate things for me. It can save a crop but it's such a nuisance to drape over things and isn't always effective unless you can suspend it above the enticing bird treats. I've watched the birds land on the suspended netting and their weight brings them down onto the plants and they start pecking right through the netting. Sometimes I use light weight row cover instead because the birds can't peck through it.
ReplyDeleteWe've had the bushes for four years and they were about 2 yrs old when we got them. This is the first time we've had actual pickin' berries from them.
ReplyDeleteThe boy was devistated when we came home to find some missing but was resigned when he asked if the momma birds were feeding them to the baby birds. He felt that was a good use of them, as long as they didn't just leave them on the ground. ;)
I was wondering where all of my strawberries were disappearing to until Marc told me the chipmunks were devouring them. I feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteWhao, How big are those pots?
ReplyDeleteI never thought about planting blueberries in pots.
It's amazing their psyche's let them live, Thomas.
ReplyDeleteJohanna, I'm not sure how large they are, but I can't wrap my arms fully around them, and they're a beast to move.
My father in law actually built bird netting cages each year. Pesky birds. Can you imagine how many plants you'd have to grow NOT to net?
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