Limes, Lemons and Oranges

I have been wanting to blog about this FOREVER! I just kept forgetting. Here is the entire (short version) of my green thumb attempt:

Last spring I bought three dwarf trees: lime, lemon and an orange. I was told if I jumped right to a big pot, the trees would die. So I started out with small pots and the trees grew really quick. So quick, the pots were too small, really soon. Being pregnant, working full time and getting ready for a baby soon became my excuses for not getting bigger pots. I always watered the plants and kept them in the sun, but they soon started to die from the too small pots. That finally motivated me to get bigger pots. I really wanted (and still want) this green thumb project to succeed.

While in the small pots, the lime tree bloomed. Beautiful, white blossoms that smelled amazing. Every day when I walked by, I would smell them. Yummy! Several (probably 10) of them turned into teeny, tiny green limes, but only one of those limes made it. And here it is the day I cut it off and used it to make some lime squares.

I really should have looked at the pictures before cutting off the lime. Cause they really aren't good pictures.

And here are some more sweet smelling, white blossoms on another tree. But I can't remember which one is the orange tree and which one is the lemon tree. If any of these blossoms turn into a fruit - I'll let you know. For now, operation get a green thumb is progressing nicely.