One Word

Limes

One word:  Tequila!

These may not look much like it, but these fruits are the harvest from our lime tree.

We've had really strange luck with the three dwarf citrus trees Cindy bought four years ago.  She thought she was buying a Meyers Lemon, a seedless lime and a Blood Orange tree (see Of Lemons And Limes), but the presumed lemons steadfastly refused to turn yellow, so we eventually concluded they were actually the limes.

Then, about a year and half ago, some critter stripped almost all the leaves off both this tree and the presumptive Blood Orange as well (see New Garden Mystery).  As intriguing as the image of the elderly neighbor next door running amok with her garden shears was, we eventually concluded that it most likely was a deer that did all the damage, especially after another deer crashed through the window of the IHOP a couple of miles down the San Diego River from us.

The trees recovered and actually came back more vigorous than before, but so far this is the only one that has produced very much fruit.

Although they are yellow, they really are limes.

So now the question is what to do with them.  Did anyone say Margaritas?