Garden tech report: squash trellis

A large number of gardening folk have asked how our squash trellis is working, and I tell them "it's working great - maybe too great!" – the dark underbelly of the squash and pumpkin world (under all those massive, dark green leaves and two inch diameter vines) is filled with big, bigger, and even big-big fruit.  The trellis itself is somewhere underneath all that green, writhing mass – you can just barely see the white PVC frame in this picture, above.

My gardening partner, Pat, bravely took some pictures of the fruit under the green mass – quickly took some pictures, as the vines were moving toward her – that much greenery is HUNGRY.

in the final picture, you can see the remains of someone, under the leaves  (a club member or tourist who ignored my warnings NOT to get too close to the creepy, hungry mound? Hard to say, although I did read recently about "green", ecologically-sound funeral services – maybe someone decided to "give" themselves in the spirit of shared harmony?). Be careful out there.

jim