Raccoon update...

well - no picture for this: but Will did a perimeter run around the garden and came back in with half an ear of corn...coon damage. So, our nephew Dylan is here for the week, and will help with anything at all that needs to be done, so he and Will got out there, lowered the middle wire, then added a fourth one. This was last evening: Will had an epiphany while they were working. Of the first three strands, he made the middle one negatively charged (whereas they were all three positive before. I'm not going to pretend that I completely understand this, but from what I gleaned, this means the coon doesn't have to be on the ground to get zapped, but can get zapped while trying to make his way up and through the wires. I'm sure Will could provide a much better explanation, and we'll see whether there's any evidence of fried coon today. We'll just keep fighting the good fight. Probably the Owl and Bird will go up this evening. The blackbirds haven't descended yet on the corn, but it's only a matter of time, you know...By the way, here's a picture of a bee on the corn tassles. They were ALL OVER IT. Will says he's never seen this before, but it's mid-summer and the bees are looking for any pollen source they can find. quite cool.