One of the things about having gardening as a hobby is that the projects never end. Ask my husband, they never end. I always have some new idea and some plant that will need to be planted, potted, moved and transplanted. My son thinks I’m crazy but it’s what I do and how I relax. It’s not relaxing if I can’t go to work on Monday exhausted from all the work done in the yard over the weekend. You fellow gardeners know what I mean.
I decided that I just couldn’t live without a Meyer lemon in my life and so a new project began. Well it actually began when I put my Cara Cara orange in a pot and put in on the deck, and thought it needed a friend to balance things out. I’m all about balance you know, ha ha.
Be careful when selecting potting soil, I grabbed a bag at the store, read the ingredients and it contained bio-solids, not what I want my sweet lemon growing in! So read the label, make sure it has good stuff in it that your plants will be happy with.
This project also involved digging up and transplanting a Phormium and Pygmy Date Palm, and planting Disneyland roses, but more about that in another post. I used plastic pots for these two citrus because I wanted to keep the soil moist longer. The orange was in a clay pot and it just didn’t do to well. Maybe because I didn’t water it properly, so the plastic will help and by keeping them in a high traffic area of the yard I will be better reminded of their watering needs.
I like how it turned out and I think the orange and lemon will be very happy together. Now I have one of each lemon, lime, and orange, I’m a happy girl.
