Every year in winter when most of my plants are brown and ugly- my citrus tree's are putting off awesome color with their ripening fruit. This year our season is going to be short. You see, they're forecasting snow in the Sacramento Valley tonight. Possibly up to 3 inches. Um....we're not suppose to get snow. Soooo, what do we do? We scramble to pick everything that's ripe all at once, cover our tree's up with blankets, and pray that they make it! Here's part of what we picked today....
And here's part of what we didn't get to today....bummer! 
Why didn't I grab these? Because they are way up high and require me to drag the ladder out. Normally I would do it but I was in a lazy mood, and did I mention it was frickin cold outside? I even took advantage of free child labor and got a few minutes of help from my daughter- until she got really cold and cranky and I forced her to go inside and play video games like a real kid (just kidding...sort of....).
So now you're probably wondering what we're doing with all of this citrus, right? Well, you'll have to come back here tomorrow to find out!
I'm here. It's tomorrow. What, pray tell, are you doing with all the citrus?! ;-)
ReplyDeleteSo here I am working through my Google Reader and go from Interleafing's braggy "I've got citrus!" post to yours! For those of us who worship Meyer Lemons and only have one tiny bush that so far has only produced one tiny lemon, this is torture! If you're on your way to one of your adventures and happen to be in my neck of the woods, I'll happily provide a latte and homemade pumpkin bread in exchange for a Meyer stash...
ReplyDeleteYou caught me Fern- I was a slacker yesterday! Actually, not really- but my next post is way too big and I've got to split it up! I'll be posting it tonight!
ReplyDeleteSusan- if only you were closer, you could help yourself to some of my Meyers! We're heading a different direction this week- cruising to Santa Barbara! But a latte and pumpkin bread sound soooo good right now!
I just scrolled down your blog and loved all the colors of the citrus against the ochre-colored template.
ReplyDeleteI'm envious of your citrus trees.