It is very upsetting that all the hard work we put into planting trees and the elk have finally found their way into The Berry Patch. Only one tree has been damaged, but it is the unimaginable sign that more is to come. These creatures are so super destructive that you can't even believe what they can do to a tree unless you are someone who spends time in the wild to see it for yourself!

We have been putting a lot of energy into protecting our investment without harming the elk and we hate to have to shoot them due to crop damage. We won't revert to that unless we absolutley have to. Of course this is the wife who runs the blog and is speaking here. My husband has totally different views. He believes that if we don't take care of the problem now, it will become too large of a problem and we may as well forget aout it.

Who knows who is right and who is wrong here. All I know is that it is just another drop in the bucket to worry about. I just need to deal with one thing at a time here.  We need to work on providing a little more visibilty with the high tensile fence and getting electric to it since we had to redo it. So first things first. Then we will continue to worry.

The blueberries are coming on Thursday so we will have some more work to do by then. Hopefully we will be able to get them soaking and in the ground on time. I would hate to lose any plants because we fall behind schedule!

Until next post...

Happy gardening!

The Berry Patch