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Elderberry Harvest

9/8/2014

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Purple beauty in a basket


Picked the berries that were ripe today.  We are collecting about 5 pounds every other day or so.  Charlie and Mimi, my two dynamic "Scarebirds" ( because it's an equal-opportunity scarecrow, I hope) seem to be taking to their jobs nicely.   Flock-off!  ...at least away from our elderberries, is their motto.
I am not certain if the birds are being scared away, but we don't appear to have flocks of any size descending. Nor are we observing a significant berry loss.  Any bare spots on the umbrels seem to be where the earlier beetle damage ate away the blossoms before the berries could set. 

 
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Meet Charlie, On the Job! See, no birds in sight!
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Large Elderberry umbrel over and above H's outstretched hand! 

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4/18/2021 10:26:42 pm

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    I am T-  the other half -of the dream-wrangler team, in the Orchard adventure.  
    Mother to 3 amazing adult sons, and grandmother to the biggest rays of sunshine in our lives. Our oldest grand-daughter, we used to call "Little A", but now she is medium to tall-sized.  She is "Miss A" now. The last couple of  years she has greeted a brother, "Little R" , and this past fall, "Little Miss I" and another mister, who will be known as "Little K", arriving any day now!

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