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		<title>On Lemons, Meyer, and gloating</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p> Sad news today about lemon prices, which have doubled or more. It&#8217;s sad because there really is no substitute for lemon in most recipes. Occasionally a light-flavored vinegar will suit, if acidity and brightness are all that&#8217;s needed from the lemon, and sometimes you can use another citrus, but in that case it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2008169335_lemonprices10.html">Sad news today about lemon prices, which have doubled or more</a>. It&#8217;s sad because there really <em>is</em> no substitute for lemon in most recipes. Occasionally a light-flavored vinegar will suit, if acidity and brightness are all that&#8217;s needed from the lemon, and sometimes you can use another citrus, but in that case it doesn&#8217;t really alleviate many of the issues making lemon prices jump, like gas prices and weather damage to citrus crops. </p>
<p>Fortunately for me, I got two little lemon trees this spring, one a <a href="http://www.territorialseed.com/product/6796/253">year-old Improved Meyer</a> from <a href="http://www.territorialseed.com">Territorial</a>, and one older/bushier one from <a href="http://www.bainbridgegardens.com/">the nursery</a>. The younger tree is still growing its branches and leaves and whatnot, but the older one is pretty robust, except it lost a lot of its leaves when we first got it home. I learned it wanted to be fertilized! So I did that. Now it is happily leaved and it is growing me lots of tiny lemons. </p>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenipsum/2847778522/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/2847778522_3e4556e141.jpg?v=1221107938" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenipsum/2847778522/">My Meyer lemont ree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/laurenipsum/">laurenipsum</a>.</span>
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<p>Apparently it takes a long time for a tiny green lemon to turn into a delicious juicy cookable lemon, but it also (apparently) blooms and fruits whenever it feels like it, hence the tiny fruit, mediumly tiny fruit, and the blossom, all at once. </p>
<p>Both of these (as well as my fig and bay trees) will come inside in the winters, at least until they are bigger and hardier. </p>
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