I was just chatting with a fellow who planted blueberries at our local Community Garden. I (innocently as can be) asked how it was going and he went off on all the critters and birds and PEOPLE!! who stole all his berries last spring. He says he feels like he needs to build a big, sturdy cage of wire mesh with a lock on it if he's going to ever harvest enough blueberries to put on his cereal for breakfast.
Ann, I am dying of jealousy that you have blueberries. Life is so unfair . . . let's see, if I drive up there in June will you trade me for some mangoes? If those bushes produce well with no help from you, just think how good the berries might be with a little extra water and perhaps a touch of fertilizer right about now? I'll bet you'd have more birdies, too. Not saying you should, just idle speculation here.
