Anyway, here is a photo of the eggtree which measured 85 inches wide:
And, either last week or the week before I posted a photo of my newest cuke trellis, so here is an update on that one. It is producing very well, and those cukes are going straight to the stoneware crocks to ferment for sweet pickles. I have a 6 gallon crock started with dill and spices for sour pickles and it smells heavenly!.
While I'm at it ... here is what is now the newest trellis of cukes. This is actually the 2nd go-around for this trellis. The first cukes were my earliest, planted in early April, and they had pretty much produced and played out in the heat of June and early July. I pulled the old vines off and planted a new crop. I'll be the only local with cukes going now and the price I'm getting from the folks that peddle them is getting better every week.
This trellis of cukes is only producing in the very top these days, so next week I will pull these vines off. It is nearly time to plant my acorn and spaghetti squashes, so that is what will go there.
And lastly, I couldn't resist taking a pic of this pretty tray of this afternoon's harvest. The afternoon picking is pretty much what I missed during the morning harvest, and the difference from the lighting from morning to afternoon always lets me see what I didn't see before.
I've got tomato sauce on the stove and am going to put it in jars and get it in the canner right now. Does this work ever end????? ;-)