The neighbour's fig tree is in full fruit. We didn't net it this year as a bossy tui took up residence (on a particular branch) a couple of months ago AND didn't eat the figs and kept all other birds away!
Several days ago the tui left the scene and the silvereyes moved in en masse. Had to act quickly!
Most were too high for me to pick, and the tree arcs over the big veg boxes so using a ladder was too tricky - enter the John Reid extendable flower picker. Couldn't get close enough to pick an individual fig without crushing it so had to take branch chunks. The tree grows like crazy so I knew that wouldn't matter. Got about 33 delicious figs in mint condition.
Result:
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