This morning we harvested blueberries. We expect a total harvest of more than 12 kg this summer.
It is extremely hot and humid during the blueberry season, and harvesting is very tough.
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| Rabbit eye blueberry |
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| 550g of blueberries, this morning |
I found a broken branch, and footprints of an animal. Every summer badgers come to our blueberry garden, and break branches and eat blueberries.
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| The broken branch of blueberry |
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| The badger came to blueberry trees (August 2011) |
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| The badger walking the road to our garden. (May 2013) |
I have set an electric fence system around the blueberry trees. This is very effective from my experience of these three years.
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| The electric fence is powered by batteries. |
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| Electric wires have been set around the blueberry trees. |
In addition to the electric fence, I have covered the blueberry trees with net to prevent fruits from eating damage by birds.
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| Before covering |
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| After covering net |
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| A front view of blueberry covered with net. |
Those are sufficient countermeasures against badgers and birds, I hope....
12 kg of blueberries! That is quite a harvest.
ReplyDeleteWe really thank bumblebees for their pollination of blueberries.
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