Don't let blueberries stay out of reach! 🫐 Blueberry season is still in full swing but rarely extends beyond mid to late August. Reservations to pick them are available now through the weekend. This whacky inflatable tube man is an example of Integrated Pest Management (IMP)! His job is to help scare away birds that also like to participate in pick-your-own. IMP is an environmentally sensitive approach to combat pests that extend beyond simply applying pesticides using comprehensive information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment. This includes altering the environment (adding the whacky inflatable tube man), adding beneficial insects/organisms, choosing crop varieties that have greater disease/pest resistance, disrupting insect mating through the use of pheromones, taking measures to prevent a pest problem from occurring (such as mowing the leaves in the orchard at the end of the season to prevent fungus from thriving), and so many more metho...