2022 - What I did today

Some time ago I resorted to putting net veg bags over the few bunches of cherries on the tree that I could reach to prevent the birds having every single one. A year ago, maybe more, I bought a tayberry from Lidl. I planted it alongside the blackberry thug in the naive hope that, as the birds don't take the blackberries, they won't bother with the tayberry. How wrong I was. Out of three ripening fruit the birds have had two at the very early pinking up stage. So, like the cherry, I have resorted to encasing the two remaining tayberries in bouquet garni bags so I might just get a taste of what they're like. I assume because the tayberry ripens earlier than the blackberries the birds are more interested. I'll have to come up with a plan B for next season as I don't have many little bags.