Damn robins

DH put our fake owl up on a stake a foot away from the cherry tree. Then I wrapped a bird-proofing net around the tree. They still ate all but three of the cherries. I can't find any strawberries either. I fear that they fell victim to tiny bunnies. Now I've got to find some way to keep ants off my raspberries. I'm trying to stay organic, but I'll still probably have way more berries than I can pick or store.

The okra I was going to plant all shriveled up except for one plant, which is not long for this world. The okra planter has been taken over by two miniature pumpkins (DH bought them), two of the Blondkopfchen cherry tomatoes, four sickly cauliflowers that came free with our new chipper/shredder, and a purple bell pepper that Mom got for my birthday. I also nuked the maple saplings and other weeds in the western section of our rocky little "back yard" and put seven more cherry tomatoes there.

The maple trees and undergrowth were getting out of hand so I got a Patriot brand electric chipper/shredder. I've spent the last week clearing things and grinding them up. It works great. I had to leave one pile of branches out in the yard because some stupid baby sparrow fell out of its nest and took up residence in the branches.