And the end of summer, my friend found a great deal on Meyer lemon trees in 1 gallon pots. Knowing my love for lemons and how much I miss my last lemon tree, she bought one for me. I added the lemon tree into a 6 gallon pot, cleaned all of the water spots from her leaves and let her recoop. Even though she's produced some blossoms here and there, she hasn't produced any lemons so I've just let her be.
Between work, night-school, rainy days and semi-early dark evenings, I haven't spent much time in the backyard in months. But about 6 weeks ago I thought my lemon tree could use a good boost from my compost pile. No time to make compost tea, I opened the bottom of the compost bin, took 2-3 shovels full of goodness and put them around the tree. Then I got shredded paper from the office and put it all around so the wormies that came with the compost may have a reason to stick around. End of lemon tree care. Until yesterday.
I got home after work and took time to mosey through the backyard, clipping the broccoli, checking my spinach seedlings, and I stopped by to look at the lemon tree. I noticed some weeds growing out of the shredded paper and as my tired body bent over to pull them, my tired eyes noticed a familiar shape. I guess those shovels full of compost were full of tomato seeds cuz I have no less than about 20-25 volunteers all poking their heads up under the lemon tree... too bad I have no idea what kind they are!
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