We Live in an Odd Place

I was telling Ryan yesterday that we really do live in an odd place. He just raked up the last of our "fall" leaves last weekend, and one tree has already started growing new "spring" leaves. Living in a desert, we get to enjoy cacti and yucca and palo verde trees and creosote. I especially love creosote. But because we RARELY reach freezing temperatures, we have some California-type plants too. In our very own backyard, it turns out we have citrus trees. We knew that when we bought the house but weren't sure what kind of "citrus" we would get.



As far as I can determine in my ignorance, we have a pink grapefruit tree, a Valencia orange tree, and something more similar to a navel orange tree. I didn't think navel oranges had seeds, but these do. Anyway, we are up to our ears in oranges and grapefruit.



I've been squeezing the oranges for juice (which is wonderful!), but I don't know what to do with the grapefruit. I'll eat one from time to time. Not everyday though, and we have enough to last a year if they'd stay fresh that long. At any rate, it's a new adventure! Maybe by next season I'll know better what I'm doing.



The trees look sooo pretty filled with fruit. I'm really looking forward to the blossoms. They will smell heavenly, I'm sure.