I’m so disgusted with trying to protect fruit I almost feel like throwing in the towel…
My tree scaffolds all start too low for any kind of baffle to be effective, so I’ve been running electric fencing around my trees. Seems to be somewhat worth the effort, as I’ve been able to keep coon and squirrels away for the most part.
I had decided to run the wire closer to the tree trunks this year, and trail cam pictures show the coons getting zapped as well as standing on their hind legs getting the low hanging fruit outside the electric fence. (Memo to self: make the darn fence go out beyond the branches next year…)
But today I found some Intrepid Peaches on the ground partially eaten. It occurred to me that I found a PF17 peach the other day with what I thought looked like talon marks from the wise old Owl…, as he tried to grip the peach.
(In the tree)
(On the ground)
So I decided to take a few inside even though they’re a few days away.
These are mostly 13 & 14 ounce peaches. 3 of em are 14.5, 14.5 & 14.6 ounces.
The far ones on the table are the last of the Redhaven, mostly smaller shaded out ones that aren’t as sweet as the bigger ones. I’m still freezing them up - they’re better than store bought.
Anyway, I have no answer for the owl, short of letting him ruin a few (3 Intrepid on the ground this morning and one Madison) and I hate having to harvest before I really want to - relying on them to finish up on the counter. GRRRR!!!
But hey, at least we had some peaches after a pretty cold winter 
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