I have an important lemon tree update.
To begin, we’ve moved the lemon tree
back inside the house after several months of residing alongside the back deck.
Some three weeks ago, our weather
began moderating, and our tree—having nearly stripped itself bare of leaves
during the hot, sun-scoured Montana summer—initiated a vigorous growth stage.
Lush new leaves spurted forth in all directions.
Honestly, this is the fullest I’ve
seen the tree since we started growing it.
Citrons, lemons, and limes are the
least cold-hardy of the citrus trees. Given our present descent into long, cool
nights, with frost soon to bejewel the entire landscape, I carried the lemon
tree back into the sunroom and plunked it down below the south-facing glass
wall.
I’m sharing a photograph of the lemon
tree alongside a Cold Smoke beer, which provides both scale and color contrast
to balance the composition.
I’m still awaiting my first lemon.
—Mitchell Hegman
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