May. 7, 2009 - ~Case solved and then some......
~Our bird house~where birds are SUPPOSE to find a snack~
We've solved our blueberry dilemma. I have to publically apologize to the squirrels though. Previously I had blamed the squirrels for my missing blueberries. I had seen Mr. Squirrel near our blueberry playpen trying to figure his way in, so I naturally determined it was the squirrels when the ripe blueberries went missing the very next day. Well..... I slandered Mr. Squirrel and for that I am very sorry. Please do not subscribe to the site (allsquirrelsmustdie) it could be the birds that are doing the damage and the squirrels are just ratty enough to take the fall.
~The story~
One day, earlier in the week, we accidentally snagged a bird inside our blueberry playpen. The bird found his way inside and was flying quite hazardously. That's when I, full of grace, went over and released said bird. Poor thing was so horridly frightened. But wouldn't you know it..... he found his way in to the forbidden pen yet again and this time even brought a friend! Well actually..... he brought two.
Just as soon as I saw that fool and his mate - I saw the hawk. The birds saw the hawk too. And I could almost sware those little birds were calling out to me.. 'We promise....we promise.... you get us out of here and we'll never mess with your precious blueberries again'.
"Yeah....right."
I sat out there watching the show and my brain was just racing trying to figure out how to get the video camera to capture this rare event. I was just inside the van and gave the horn a quick honk. The honk did not phase the hawk at all and I gave it another quick honk. Still.....noone inside answered my 'call' (which was extremely weird!). Finally after a series of honks, and a glance from the hawk, I realized I had to caually walk to the door, looking the other way like I did not even realize the hawk was there, la la la la.....
I made it to the door and whisper yelled (this is possible, moms do it all the time) to my son to run and get the video camera, but by the time we got to the side window and hit the record button - he took off. No hawk to be found :O(
I decided to leave the
And I finally got a little video of me releasing the birds - proof that no animals were harmed during the ordeal. I gave them a stern talking to, with them answering 'Yes Mam, yes Mam'. of course. And I really thought they had learned their lesson. I really did. But alas..... we have come face to face yet again and again since. We have tied up the sides of the blueberry playpen and have since tied up the top. It is now VERY hard for them to get in and almost impossible for them to get out. But knowing these rascals like we do - they'll find a way.
~Onions are ready to harvest when their tops start to turn brown and fall limp to the side.
We're about at the halfway mark in harvesting our onions. I believe we planted about 72 onions and this week (in the photo above) harvested 12 so far. There are a few more that will be ready in the next day or so and we'll hopefully make some neighbors happy and be able to keep some for a while in the fridge. Yum....Yum....homegrown onions
Next week should be a fun post on garden happenings. We're working on keeping our garden healthy and we're also working on an amazing herb garden (ew I hope it's amazing!). I'm taking photos during each phase and, Lord willing, everything will be complete by next weeks Friday garden club! As usual, I'm posting this on Thursday and will post the link on Friday so that everyone can head over to Carries for the garden club.
Blessings to all and Happy gardening!
