Well, not fruit from a vine, but fruit from tiny citrus trees!
Remember my fruit trees and how I had no clue what kind of citrus each one was? Well -- we were out doing yard work on Sunday and I decided the three trees needed trimming. The limbs on all three are headed down towards the ground rather than up towards the sky.
When I started trimming the low hanging limbs on the largest tree (all three are still what I would call five gallon trees), I found these hidden inside the branches. I left four more on the tree to see if they get any larger.
Yesterday, I cut one open and ate it for breakfast. It was a little like trying to cut the meat off a partridge leg with a knife and fork (been there, done that in a gourmet restaurant), but the grapefuit was surprisingly good! Our first edible bounty from the citrus trees!
Congratulations! We love all of our citrus. Your Grapefruit will probably not get any larger. They shoul dhave grown to their max around Christmas. I have given away a ton of fruit this year, and I still have tangerines falling and going to waste. Our lemon produce 2 leons last year, but this year she is heavy with fruit. I will probably make Lemoncello out of them all.
ReplyDeleteChrissy, I ran out and picked the other four. Looks like it's going to be a magnificent day! It's warm already. Maybe I'll spend the afternoon reading on the patio!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's fantastic.
ReplyDeleteYummy home-grown fruit!!!
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