Life in the A-Frame

Life in the A-Frame

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Green lemons waiting to ripen



I bought a Meyer lemon tree for the first time in February. When it bloomed, it made the most amazing fragrance. I kept it inside, in the sunroom, until May. Now it has 12 lemons, 6 of them are on one ten inch branch. I don't know how to make a support for that limb yet but I'm afraid another "sling" will be necessary. Remember the pie pumpkin in a sling? It has been picked and is displayed on the coffee table. I wonder what time of the year lemons normally ripen? I look every day for some sign of yellow because my kids and husband are skeptical that these deep green fruit are really lemons. (Maybe the nursery sold me limes by mistake!)

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