Maybe a few figs?

   I admit to being a mite frustrated at the critters roaming about the place.  Since all of the property to our west has been clear cut, we have been invaded by just about every critter imaginable.  While I love critters of all types, you would think this would be fine but those very same animals are hungry.  They have been raiding the fruit trees and vegetable garden day and night.  When they hit the peach trees and plum trees, I was quite miffed, to say the least.  It really would not be so bad if they actually ate the fruit and not just "sampled" each and every one.  Most wind up on the ground ruined by bite marks.  What to do, what to do?  Well, I picked anything that was large and starting to ripen and left the rest.  The picked fruit was placed on trays and let ripen inside.  In the past few weeks, I have canned more fruit than is needed.  So it all worked out ok. 

  Now, the pears are starting to be attacked.  Beneath the pear trees, the ground is littered with half eaten pears.  The fruit is far too small to be picked so it does not look promising.  I suppose the fig trees will be the next buffet for the fruit-eating critters.  All of the fig trees are loaded with fruit and I am in hopes of at least getting a few but that may not happen.

  Pop always used to say "If something is hungry, let it eat.  Plant more next year."  Well, Pop.  I guess I better get busy and plant more trees because we sure have a lot of hungry critters on our hands!