{"id":5942,"date":"2019-02-27T00:10:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T11:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2019-03-02T08:23:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:23:41","slug":"bearing-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/bearing-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearing Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Stephen of House Kragbol<\/a> is our resident possum sniper. Many’s the evening he’s ventured out with his headlamp and rifle, while the rest of us tender-hearted snowflakes lurk inside, grateful that someone else is doing what needs to be done.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This summer, after two years and over 100 confirmed kills, Stephen’s extermination efforts are bearing fruit. And not just metaphorically.<\/p>\r\n

\"Nashi<\/a>

An abundance of nashi pears<\/p><\/div>\r\n

\"Apples\"<\/a>

Apples — possibly Granny Smiths. On bare branches due to the sheep having hoovered up all the leaves.<\/p><\/div>\r\n

\"Pears<\/a>

Pears aplenty.<\/p><\/div>\r\n

\"Black<\/a>

Literally hundreds of figs.<\/p><\/div>\r\n

\"Lady<\/a>

And this dubious looking article is a Lady Finger Banana.<\/p><\/div>\r\n

\"Lady<\/a>

The inside looks familiar. More starchy and sweeter than supermarket bananas, they are delicious.<\/p><\/div>\r\n

Yes, we have bananas! A tree full of pears, where previously we had only a handful<\/a>, also apples, nashi pears, and more figs than I’ve ever seen before. I knew the possums must be eating some of our fruit, but I had never realised just how much went down those furry little gullets.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

With that in mind, we all pitched in to buy\u00a0Stephen a possum control assistant. A humane and self-resetting Goodnature A12 trap,<\/a>\u00a0which we’ve installed\u00a0<\/span>near the bridge into the Seven Acre Wood.\u00a0So now, although I’m still a spineless townie when it comes to offing possums up close and personal, at least I feel like I’m contributing. Let’s not judge.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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