I am a notorious blueberry-lover. 'Twas with great anticipation that I received the housewarming gift of someone planting blueberry bushes for me, just outside my window.
One plant even came with a blueberry, already there!
... unfortunately, this blueberry only survived two days in the yard. I checked on it lovingly each morning and evening, keeping in touch with its gradually blue-ing hue; then it mysteriously vanished. According to leads and the berry investigator, local birds are the leading suspect.
A very close inspection this evening revealed that the bush is trying again with a second berry.
This berry will be closely guarded, from its current green state to its future and fully-ripe state. I already have a plan to encase it in mesh to protect from bird incursions.
I note that the plural in the title of this blog post is, in fact, accurate: there have been two berries. A third will be just as welcome!
This post's theme word is fabian (adj), "avoiding direct confrontation; cautious; delaying."
The fabian approach to berry-harvesting requires protection against impatient berry-eating competitors.
