Since the fencing started going up, the crows have not been showing up. Twice I've seen them - once a "scout" landed on the board fence for a minute or two while the rest were in an old apple tree raiding green apples and I've seen them in the back yard. They have not been in the field around the garden at all. As a result, no more veggie damage and my tomatoes are coming in as of Friday.
Sunday a week ago, I cut back the basil plants & made pesto - got 3.5 cups - I love the stuff. I also put up a quart of "Kinda Sorta Sour" (Alton Brown recipe) refrigerator pickles last Monday. Today I put up a quart of his bread and butter pickles recipe.
The eggplants are doing beautifully and I found a Chinese Eggolant with Garlic Sauce recipe that I love - the texture of the eggplant in the dish is really good - a far cry from my previous unhappy attempts to stir fry eggplant.
Dusted off my FR picture posting & here is a pic of the raised beds with the "anti-crow" fencing. :-) The beds on the left are 4' x 8' & the ones on the right are 4' x 10'. The longer beds required an additional half panel to make them work like I wanted. I've just tied the panels together & they are light, easy to move to mow, and access to the garden is good as well.
