Propping the Old Lemon Tree

I've often mentioned how mom has her own special way of trimming the lemon tree.  The branches are a confusing tangle of limbs going this way and that.  Since the blossoms are at the new growth, mom doesn't cut those.  She cuts branches that poke her or have black or white flies on them.  Therefore some branches keep growing longer and longer until they touch the ground every time the wind blows.

Art had to devise a method to prop up the lemon branch which will get heavier and heavier as the fruit grows larger and ripens.  I'm also snipping off any further flowers that pop up on that branch so we can cut the branch off later.

And here's a branch that escaped mom's pruning and is pouring out onto the street.  I imagine somebody passing by might decide they feel like a little lemonade is in order.

I hope they enjoy it.

It might be perfect for today as we celebrate our Independence Day!

Happy 4th, everybody!