I had some figs that were turning that sweet shade of brown suggestive of summer sugar coming in…
…And then I didn’t. I saw a Bewick’s wren diving out of there and up again to the fence as I approached, and they’re my favorites, but hey, guys. Clearly they were not impressed by my strategically-placed leftover birdnetting bits and leaning broken netting cage (to thwart leaps from the fence, but squirrels aren’t supposed to like them anyway.)
I had this yellow mesh bag and stuck it over one of the bigger figs–and it has stayed put for weeks now. Hey!
So I ordered more. I didn’t need big ones, just big enough to slip over each fruit and tug a little on the strings. Green seemed good; it would help disguise the ripening, right? I’m told (is it true?) that birds tend not to figure out when the green varieties are sweetening up. Mine are the aptly-named Black Jacks, though, so no such luck on that account. So maybe buying green would have been better, but this is what I’ve got.
Note that now that I haven’t looked in awhile it’s down another 68c.
Anyway. So I went back to the window with the ad and clicked through again. There was the white again at $2.66 total. And here we are.