The Lemon in LEMONade

Most people who know me well, know that I make (arguably) the best fresh squeezed lemonade.  On any given day, if you come to my house you will find any given variation chilling in the refrigerator.  Peach-Pineapple lemonade is my favorite, but some of my friends will surely beg to differ as some fan favorites are mango-pineapple, strawberry-peach-pineapple, strawberry-watermelon...and the list goes on.  In fact some of my friends insist that if I bottled my tasty concoctions, I would make some serious money.

Well...a little over a month ago I started to think about how much money I spend on lemons in a month.  Then I had the fleeting thought that I should just buy a lemon tree and grow my own lemons.  The thought turned out not to be so fleeting...actually the more I repeated the thought in my head...the more it seemed to be a genius idea. 

I am pretty chummy with a nice gentleman that works on my job.  Our daily kind exchanges often cover travel, fashion, and his love for gardening.  He has over 25 fruit bushes/trees on his property.  I shared my genius idea with him and he immediately lit up.  He was sold and he then gave me the best piece of advice ever.  He told me to go to Watson's nursey just north of the city.  At the time their citrus trees were 50% off.  I took this as sign #1.

So off to Watson's I went...I got the last lemon tree (sign #2) at what I consider a steal...$13 bucks.  Not only did my co-worker give me the great advice to go to Watson's...he also gave me repotting instructions, composte, and his special concoction that he uses for his trees and bushes.  I don't have much of a green thumb...but I'm pretty excited about this project...hopefully that will show through in the successful growth of my tree.  So far, I've already pulled one lemon. :-)

Stay tuned!

Ms. K