so much for that crop

[twoeleven]

the heavy rain we've had over the past couple of weeks¹ has ripped all the ripening blueberries from their stems. sic transit gloria vaccinium.

1: yesterday, we got 2"/5cm of rain in two hours. that was a hell of a deluge, especially since we were driving in it.

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[corvi]

I feel for you. A rampaging deer took out all our peppers Friday. :(

[twoeleven]

how do deer get to your island? do they swim, or do they take the ferry like everybody else? :)

[corvi]

They, along with cottontail rabbits, were released in the early 1900s for game purposes. They're overpopulated and destructive, but they're extra cute due to insular dwarfism and there's no political will to cull them.

The narrowest crossing to here from Vancouver Island, from one remote peninsula to another, is only about 700m. Elk, bears, and cougars can all swim it. A couple weeks ago, a ferry (not mine, sadly) had to stop dead in the water in order to not run down a swimming bear. Usually a couple young elk bucks show up in early spring, but swim back to the big island when they realize there are no does here. :)

Did you get blueberries last year? I remember reading reports on their ripening, but I don't recall whether you harvested.

[twoeleven]

oh, yeah! last year i got tons of them. but with all the house repairs, i didn't post about that. several pints, i think. enough that i was all blueberried out by the end of the season. :)

but typical: bring game animals, be surprised at the expected unexpected consequences. :(