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The Fruit Trees

All of our fruit trees have begun showing off for spring. Mom's grapefruit is flowering and putting on all kinds of new growth.

Dad's orange tree, which did not flower last year due to damage from the previous winter, surprised us by budding, so we might have oranges too this winter.

The really success story is our new lemon tree. The first generation of fruit is ripening fast.

It's also budding and flowering like crazy again.

We now have like five generations of fruit on this one little lemon. I wish I could grow a whole orchard of them.

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nightsmusic said…
Your fruit trees look great! My little yellow...can't remember the name of them, flowers have come up and when they're not covered with six inches of snow, they open, but like today, they're not. It's snowing and blowing and 21 degrees outside. Another month and a half for me before I can even think about anything to do outside.

Also, YAY for your checkup!! Jimmy had his right knee replaced a week ago this past Monday so I've not been online much. Lots of fetching and carrying to be done for him though this was the end of it for me. He moves from his walker to a cane this weekend so he can start doing for himself now and I'm off the hook for the most part. But I've been reading so I'm glad the checkup was so good!
March 18, 2023 at 7:10 AM
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