nettie does netting

today's conclusion: netting is designed to keep us from our berries, the birds will get them just fine.

set for a day of gardening, i was armed. gloves, hat, insecticide, soaker hoses, shovel, seeds, stakes, pruning shears, wheelbarrow and...netting.

(i wonder if mr. macgregor had this much trouble trying to keep peter rabbit out of his garden?) the black mesh stuck to shoes, snagged on my toenails, caught on shirt buttons...everywhere but where it was supposed to go.

the robin just watched my tangled antics. (in woman vs. inanimate object the victor was clear) flew over and grabbed a big fat blueberry. ate it and, i swear, he laughed.