Once I get that done, sometimes I'll just walk around and observe things. In our fast-paced lives, we often overlook things if we don't make time to enjoy things - even mundane, unremarkable things. As I walked by the pear tree, I noticed one of the branches bending over due to weight of the ripening pears. There were a couple of half-eaten pears laying on the ground beneath the tree. I think the culprits were the numerous squirrels that inhabit our property. Just to be silly, I hung a .12 gauge shell from the bending branch.
A cartridge in a pear tree |
The .12 gauge shell isn't the only thing of note hanging from the branch |
But if you really want to protect your crops, you need to pull out the 'big guns' and by that, I mean what I was reminded of by the critter hanging on the bottom of one of the pears.. A Praying Mantis!
A praying mantis |
If you really want a successful crop, you need to pray. Agrarian societies of old recognized the importance of humbling themselves before God and asking for His Blessings on their crops - and we should too!
A few pears for snacking on |
I shook the pears to the ground and took them inside. Pears will continue to ripen in the bowl in the kitchen. Normally we'll cut up the pears and make a nice pear pie, but Russ ate a couple of them right out of the bowl and said they were crisp and delicious.
No comments:
Post a Comment