Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Lemon Twist

We have two lemon trees... which is a little absurd since we hardly use lemons.

Just before we moved back to Hawaii, mom said she wanted a lemon tree to make her much asked for Lemon Chicken recipe. So Art and I planted one in the back yard. It didn't do well so while we were back on the mainland my brother planted one in the front yard.

Now both trees are producing lemons... much more than we need. Luckily, there's a lot of people who want lemons so we're always sharing them.

The trees always produce round lemons, until recently.




This is the first time we've gotten this shape.

My brother says it reminds him of a bird.

OK...

I can sort of see the bird.

Maybe I should have kept it and peeled it to see what it looked like on the inside.

Too late.

I gave it to my cousin, Walt who'd stopped by to drop off some coffee he's roasted himself for Art.

Ohhh... I gave him a bag of nice looking lemons too.

18 comments:

  1. That is a mutant looking lemon. I would like to have a lemon tree if (when) I live in Florida full time.

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  2. I would imagine that most people use lemons sparingly, but we did get a lemon cake for Easter, and it was quite good.

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  3. Triplets! how fun, good they didn't all look like there. We are in love with limes these days and enjoy their flavor in our cold drinks! but we don't grow them...

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  4. Yes, lemon trees are very prolific, once they get going...

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  5. i sure wish i had a lemon tree. i never seem to have enough lemons.

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  6. Mutants are bound to appear one day

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  7. Looks like it's a 3 in 1 lemon, a bit weird looking though.

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  8. Yes, an identical triplet. Interesting how the extra produce (and eggs) get passed around.

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  9. Wow! That's a lot of lemons for the number of leaves on the tree. Seems more like a bush, or is it about 5 foot tall? Slices of lemon in water? Looks a bit wide and spreading, like a bonsai plant. Lotsa lemon chicken then. So, is dear Mom willing to share the recipe? Linda in Kansas

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  10. Wonderful to share! Very weird mutant lemon. Glad you took good pictures of it.

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  11. It looks alive. You can never have too many lemons as long as you have friends and family that love them.

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  12. That is definitely a weird shape for a lemon. But it sure would be nice to have a lemon tree to just take one whenever you wanted. :-)

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  13. I bet Walt had a big surprise when he opened that bag.

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  14. That lemon is a lemon! Ha!
    But it could be an Easter lemon, the Trinity.

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  15. So interesting! That Walt is amazing.

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  16. That's really fun! I get you, about not eating them.

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