January 18, 2007
Iced lemon tree
All this cold weather hasn't been good for our little Meyer lemon tree. It has been coddled for 14 years but this winter's cold snap has not helped it at all. We covered it again tonight but it appears it may lose all its' leaves and this fall's flowers will probably not make fruit. Normally it flowers twice a year, just after the equinoxes. The fruit takes about six months to grow and ripen, with most of the fruit becoming ready to pick around this time each year. We picked more than half of the lemons and took them to a local food pantry, hoping that removing that load from the tree would help save it.
There is no way to know if it will come back, but I'm pleased to see most of the bare branches are still bright green. With water and fertilizer, it may survive.
Once again, I'm reminded. Each day is a gift.

 

 

What is this white stuff on the ground?