Comments on: When Life Gives You Lemons (and Oranges)…

By: Some Sweet Stuff | hemmingshalfdozen.com

Some Sweet Stuff | hemmingshalfdozen.com — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:09 +0000

[...] friend Juli supplied me with after she read my recent post about our backyard lemons and oranges (click here to read about our citrus supply). As we dug into the grapefruits—eating some and juicing some—I [...]

By: Sonya Hemmings

Sonya Hemmings — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:17:03 +0000

Hi, Paula! Lemon curd IS good, but I’ve never made any. And what do you mean by “then process it for later in the year”?—canning it, perhaps? I’d love to know how you do that. Good idea to store the juice two cups at a time for making lemonade! Sorry about the vandalism, and I hope your lemon tree is hardy enough to withstand the freeze. I hope you get to do your planting next fall!
—Sonya

By: Sonya Hemmings

Sonya Hemmings — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:13:37 +0000

Hi, Lanise! Your harvest sounds like ours! I like your idea of freezing the oranges in segments. I might try that, too. And your smoothie recipe sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing it!
—Sonya

By: Juli Lonas

Juli Lonas — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:46:56 +0000

Hello Sonya!

I just stopped by to see what was new in your household. I wish I could say we eat as healthy as you do, but . . .

Anyway, we have plenty of grapefruit that we’re more than willing to part with if you want some. They are very small this year, but seem to taste alright to me. I have to admit that I put sugar on them, so I guess I may not count as an accurate taster.

Let me know if you want any and I’ll bring some on Thursday afternoon.

By: Lanise

Lanise — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:49:53 +0000

Hello,
I’m in Mesa and we’ve been loving the citrus. We don’t have any mature citrus trees, but know plenty of people who do. So far we’ve juiced a whole big box of lemons and made them into ice cubes for the coming year. We’ve also been eating TONS of oranges. Our neighbors have given us a whole bunch of pecans and my kids have been busy cracking them. The problem is we eat them faster than we can crack them. My next plan is to peel a whole bunch of oranges, divide them into segments and freeze like that. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to just throw them into smoothies like that. Our favorite smoothie right now is coconut milk, oranges, bananas and shredded coconut. Sometimes I’ll throw in frozen pineapple or mango. The citrus is the only thing that gives me comfort when others talk about all the fresh and local berries they get in the spring.

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:05:33 +0000

You could make lemon curd and then process it for later in the year. With my lemons, I juiced them and put them in 2 cup capacity in the freezer for lemonade in the summer. I love lemon curd….yum yum.

Unfortunately for us, some lousy kids in our area decided to vandalize my citrus trees about 3 weeks before they were ready to be picked. I have a orange & a lemon that were loaded with fruit. This was going to be my best harvest ever. I ended up with 2 dozen lemons and about 10 oranges. The rest were smashed on the road. Bummer. Then we had a hard freeze and I’m not sure the lemon is going to make is.

I’d love to grow figs, peaches, and blueberries. I was supposed to plant those this fall, but we were short on money, then the rains came, so it’s actually good that I didn’t plant them because they would have drown!

By: Wardeh @ GNOWFGLINS

Wardeh @ GNOWFGLINS — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:05:07 +0000

What a blessing to have fruit trees! That is my dream – fruit and nut trees. Maybe someday. I also think it is great that you trade and do so much with it.

Thanks for helping to spread the word about the GNOWFGLINS eCourse – I’m glad you’ll be there!