Meyer lemon - Citrus × meyeri

Nice - those are the best lemons for lemonade - my favorite summer drink!

When you do leave, Klahanie? Lovely to have warm sunshine to look forward to!

Lucky you ,I grew a lemon tree from a pip once it grew several inches but didn't survive !

Lemonade is very refreshing in summer Bathgate, I put little bit of mint in it ...which I grow as well.

Sheila, we have reservation on a ferry on Tuesday. I am making a big roast dinner for our neighbours today so I should be doing some work around the house and instead I read GOY. Priorities, priorities. LOL. It is raining here today so yes...it is time to leave.

Amy, I am growing 2 lime trees from the pit. We had a lime tree in one of our Mexican yards which my DH like very much and got home bunch of seeds. Some germinated and 2 of them survived now 2 seasons. I always worry about them as the lady who cares for our house in winter is not a plant person. Mostly overwater.

Mint in lemonade? That sounds nice. I have to try that. Thanks for giving me one more idea for the rampant mint growing in my garden.

Klahanie:

It's so strange for me to see a lemon tree inside a house. As you know we grow all citrus here outside in large orchards. California grows more citrus than anywhere in the U.S.

Everything just little bit tender has to go in. I should move to California Delonix1. We see huge orchards along the Interstate 5 when we travel . All possible fruits and nuts. We stop every time in Corning in Northern California to get our many jars of olives.

That must be a wonderfully scenic drive, Klahanie . . . part of the holiday I guess. How long do you take (I'm guessing two or three days) to do it?? More than ever, I admire your style!

That little lemon tree gives you 10 fruits! I am lucky if I get a couple from mine, and it is huge. Presumably in Canada it is the new improved, virus free edition.

Sheila, it takes us 5 days without too much fiddling but sometimes a week if we stop here and there. You are right it is part of our holiday. The drive through central California is pretty boring going down(this part of the year) but it is very pretty when in bloom in the spring. There is a lack of water in California so many of the orchards and vineyards are turned into what they call "Congress Created Dust Bowl." Lots of signs blaming Democratic politicians for the agricultural damage. It is very political issue.

Siris, is not that amazing? I am very fond of this little tree, it is healthy and does not seem to have any enemies outside.

I thought the drought was over already in California. The rainy season starts in November doesn't it?

Bon Voyage!!

Yes, the Central Valley and many areas of Southern California you'll see huge orchards of citrus.

Bathgate:

The drought is still at historic, extreme levels here in California. It'll take 40 days and 40 nights of rain heavy, constant rain to bring us out of this drought. I'm not kidding, either.

We are getting some rain showers over the last couple of weeks...this hasn't been enough to change the drought. We need a tremendous amount of rain to fill the depleted or completely dried-out reservoirs. It's been a very dry 75 - 81º range the last 4 days; however, today we're suppose to get some rain or showers with strong winds.

I hope that's a sign that drought is slowly ending. I'll miss my cashews if anything happened to them. The best ones come from California.

Bathgate:

We hope the very strong El Niño will bring us much-needed heavy rains this rainy season. We haven't seen the strong El Niño storms yet, though. El Niño storms typically come from far south in the tropics. They're very juicy, warm storms which dump lots of tropical rains on us over many days. They ride on the subtropical jet stream.

El Niño storms are usually called the "pineapple express". because the rain usually originates from near Hawaii and runs in a straight line from the Hawaiian Islands to California.