Now how’d that happen?
Apparently somehow I’m killing my Meyer Lemon tree. This makes the third tree. The first one, got hit by an unexpected frost a few years ago. The second one sat in water too long and the roots rotted. The third one? Hmm. Well, I only gave it a little bit of water before I went on vacation and when I came back after a few days, it was sitting in water. Weird. I emptied it out and tried letting it sit for a while. It lost all the leaves. I took all the ripe lemons off and yesterday I fertilized it. It’s not looking good, is it? Anyone have a lemon tree? Anything else I can do before it truly loses all green? I’m afraid it’s a lost cause. (It’s been indoors for a while now.)
In writing, I pushed past my toughest revisions and now I’m on the homestretch. Yay! 
I just have to make sure I keep the tension high and hopefully it’ll all come together. I still need to do a printout and line edits before I e-mail it back to my editor. That way hopefully the copy edits will be light this time. My last experience with copy edits was a bit more than I’d anticipated. I didn’t worry about commas, punctuation, etc because I figured it would all work out in copy edits anyhow. But still, there were places I missed that somehow got past all three of us. There’s a missing quotation mark that hopefully will be caught in galley stage. Anyway, I’ll try to be more vigilant this time.
Back to the lemon tree. I now have about 8 lemons that I need to use. Any ideas? What should I make besides lemonade? 
Michelle posted in Writing @ 7:47 am | Viewed 1811 times
beth Says:
You can make a lemon sauce that is awesome with baked or grilled chicken. But you need capers. It’s no good without capers.
Um…lemon juice can make some really nice vinagrettes as well. And the zest is nice on top of salads - adds some tang. (Not sure the kiddos would eat it though.)
I’m the original black thumb, so no ideas on saving the tree, sorry. The only plant I have semi-successfully nurtured is a hosta and that was a near thing cause at first I had it in full sun. (They apparently prefer shade.)
Yay on the writing progress!
Bonnie Ferguson Says:
Woo Hoo for being on the homestretch
kacey Says:
LOL, you tree killer you. First a fish killer, now this… Who knew??
Rene Says:
What did you do to that tree?8O
Lemons last awhile in the fridge, so you don’t have to hurry with a solution. If you want to have lemon juice on hand, get some ice cube trays, juice the lemons and freeze them. You will have lemon juice for whenever you need it. One thing about meyer lemons is that they are sweeter than most lemons and don’t always work in some recipes. They are perfect for dessert recipes but for main courses I stick to eurekas. I have a meyer, a eureka, and a couple of pink lemonade lemon trees, maybe more. Fruit trees are hubby’s realm.
Good job on the writing.
Melissa Says:
How exciting to actually get to email your edits to your EDITOR!!! Wow. I can’t wait until I’m able to do the same.:snoopy:
Melissa Mc Says:
Poor tree!
Good luck finishing up the copyedits. I always do a last pass by reading aloud. You can find a lot missing things including punctuation. Takes some time, but I think it’s worth it.
Tori Lennox Says:
I think Mother Nature is trying to tell you something.