{"id":7203,"date":"2023-01-17T14:05:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T21:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/?p=7203"},"modified":"2023-01-17T14:05:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T21:05:45","slug":"lemon-harvest-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/17\/lemon-harvest-part-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Harvest Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230117-lemon-harvest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230117-lemon-harvest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230117-lemon-harvest.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230117-lemon-harvest-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230117-lemon-harvest-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Verna and I picked <a href=\"https:\/\/minnetonkaorchards.com\/lisbon-lemon-tree\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lemons<\/a> and pruned the <a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/08\/lemon-harvesting\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tree<\/a> this afternoon. We managed to reap an estimated 150 of the good-sized citrus fruit. This is the third time this season that we have picked lemons since the little tree bore more fruit than we have ever seen and one day&#8217;s worth of effort comes nowhere near clearing the tree. There are still many lemons on the tree that will need another round of picking later.<\/p>\n<p>We gave lemons to neighbors, friends, the Dermatologist, the Barber and we still have more to give. Of course, there are going to be some in reserve for Verna&#8217;s annual production of <a href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2019\/12\/10\/sometimes-life-gives-you-lemons\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Limoncello<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More info about the Lisbon Lemon Tree From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/lisbon-lemon-tree-plant-care-and-growing-guide-5078629\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Spruce<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Lisbon lemon (Citrus x limon &#8216;Lisbon&#8217;) is one of the most widely available varieties of lemon found in shops worldwide. If you live in a hot and dry region, you can grow Lisbon lemon trees outdoors and receive an abundant harvest. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/lisbon-lemon-tree-plant-care-and-growing-guide-5078629\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verna and I picked lemons and pruned the tree this afternoon. We managed to reap an estimated 150 of the good-sized citrus fruit. This is the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,8,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-pretty-stuff","category-retirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7203"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7209,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7203\/revisions\/7209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}