We are in citrus heaven here. Not only did our lemon tree give us another good crop

karennoca

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but our baby orange tree which is 6 years old gave us about 30 oranges this year. My baby Bearss Lime gave us 20 limes and our neighbor shared his crop with us, as well. His limes turned yellow, and are a lovely shade of lime green when you cut into them. We are juicing lemons, eating oranges, and putting lime wedges into my morning tomato juice. The season is so short, and truly a gift from heaven for us!

Also, I ordered some Italian parsley seeds from Italy and distributed here . We have a huge pot of parsley, growing all last spring, summer and now holding up in winter. This is the first crop of parsley that has not bolted in the summer. I am loving that too, and looked up the health benefits of parsley and was amazed at how good it is for us.

 
Lemons here: 5 / $5 (yes you read that right. A DOLLAR PER LEMON!)

Thank goodness I'm not suffering from scurvy.

Note: These are not organic, not micro-brewed, not shipped from outer space. These are plain old lemons from Mexico.

FOR A DOLLAR APIECE.

Am I the only one shocked by this???

 
They are typically more than that on Kauai, Marilyn

Even at the height of citrus season here. Thankfully we have a heavy-producer and also even a heavier-producing lime tree as limes are even more expensive in the store. I have given hundreds of limes away this season (a friend has a restaurant and is so thankful for the bounty) and have been making lemon-everything for us here at home and at work.

 
True. But then you get to look out and see Kauai in all its splendor. All I see are

rusty abandoned steel mills.

I would gladly pay $2.50 a lemon to look out your kitchen window.

 
Right there with you!!!

I've got 4 dozen lemons still hanging on my tree. I've been doing all the usual, but I have to pick these to give the tree a rest. And I'm done with desserts and such. So I'm picking them, slicing, putting on sheets to freeze, then putting in freezer bags.

 
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