maeve or Bobert, have you ever used floating row cover? I'm thinking about how I might use that to keep the birds away from my strawberries in the spring. They really clobbered them last year. I got about 1/3 of the crop, the birds the rest.

The thing about the birds is that while I wish they'd leave the berries alone, it's really rather amusing watching them approach the patch, cock an eye to find the berries, then pounce. It's like trying to not laugh out loud the first time your toddler says "Shit!" in a perfect imitation of the way you do. You're kind of pleased at the same time you're kind of dismayed.

SRS