A few weeks ago I did actually do some tie downs to spread the canopy out (that I completely forgot to share):
Still using the same aluminum camping tent stakes as last year, and just looping twine over the branches.
Nothing fancy, no complicated bonsai style branch wiring, just a simple loop to pull the branches down.
And here's where its at now:
Been really dry out here the past month, month and a half. Been keeping it (and everything else) watered from a rain barrel (mostly, that even went dry a time or two), but we're still chugging along! Just nothing dramatic.
