For many years I've visited the backyards of friends and gazed longingly at their bountiful lemon, avocado and grapefruit trees. True to it's origin, Orange County is lousy with fruit trees and it takes nothing but a little water for them to thrive. One day, I've always told myself, I too would have a backyard full of fruit trees, their bounty within arms reach. Never would I be without a lime for my vodka and soda, a lemon for a quick vinaigrette, or an orange to squeeze for Anson's juice in the morning. Okay, stop laughing, the first two are totally within the bounds of reality.
At this point, it looks like we'll probably never leave the beach, which makes a large backyard pretty much unrealistic unless a massive amount of cash lands on our heads. So I've decided not to put off my long-delayed dream any longer. Last weekend at OSH I bought two dwarf fruit trees, a Key Lime and a Meyer Lemon. I will have lemons and limes at a moment's notice, and there may even be a bona fide key lime pie in my future.
Along with the lemons and limes, we have quite a lot going in the garden. Take a tour with Scarpetta!
The gardeners that our property management company hires to cut the grass have given up and left us alone to our Victory Garden. We're using about a quarter of our common area now for the garden, including a small herb garden on the other side of the door. We have big dreams this winter for a lot of vegetables.
Anson does deserve that fresh squeezed orange juice after all the work he and neighbor Chris have put into our winter garden. They have been refining the garden each season and this fall put in a drip irrigation system. It really is an amazing piece of work.
Some early sprouts, French Breakfast radishes.
I too live in HB and have my lemon and herbs in pots.
ReplyDeleteI like you water irrigation system. I will also try to make something like that to my garden. Thanks for sharing.
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