I hope the title of the post put the tune in your head… We planted a lemon tree last weekend! I am so excited!
We’ve been wanting to plant one ever since we bought this house 6 years ago, but there are always house projects (it was a fixer-upper) and this one was on the back burner. But I’ve been dipping my toe into some simple landscaping the past two years, and this spring I thought “Why not put in a lemon tree?”
I thought I’d have to do a tutorial about planting a tree, but the guy at the nursery told me everything I needed to know. It was easy, especially since I had help with the digging. And it has tiny green fruit and little flowers on it already. We’ll have our own lemons soon.
Before we bought our house, we lived in an apartment with two old lemon trees. They gave so much fruit I always had plenty of lemons for cooking, and also made lemonade, lemon cookies and cakes, and gave lemons away. We were spoiled. When we moved here I couldn’t bring myself to pay for lemons, so I never get more than one at a time just for cooking. We do have friends and neighbors with lemon trees, so we often get lemons from them.
But now we have our own! This one is a dwarf Eureka tree. I know most people seem to like Meyer, but I love Eureka. And since it’s a dwarf tree, it will need less water and give fruit sooner. I can’t wait for that lemonade!
This feels like a small victory for me. It’s a far cry from raised vegetable beds, but with my herb garden and our lemon tree, I’m taking my baby steps approach toward growing some of our own stuff. What will be next?
Please tell me about your gardening triumphs and challenges in the Comments section.
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