Friday May 27th

Thursday and Friday we took a break from the usual hours and hours of weeding to build a protective barrier for the blueberries. Savery explained how last year lots of blueberries came up, but she was only able to harvest a few of them because the rest were stolen by birds. This year we are going to nip that problem in the bud by creating a series of wooden structures covered in mesh which will keep the deer and birds out. Savery wanted to make the structures very tall so her large, male helpers could come and mow around the blueberries. So we constructed 8ft. by 8ft. squares with another diagonal board for support. In this process I learned the best way to use a manual saw, that screws can fit through holes better when greased with soap, and that its easiest to build something once you have figured out a specific order of planned steps. Sadly, after we'd finished the first massive structure, Roger, one of Savery's very knowledgeable and capable helpers, told us that it was ridiculous to make the structure so big. He suggested a 6.5 x 8 ft. structure. So we began more sawing, and un-screwing to create four new, smaller structures. When we finished the last one on the end of the day on Friday I felt a huge sense of accomplishment, and our sponsor was incredibly pleased.