Kumquats on the TreeTime to harvest the kumquats. The little tree is still pretty tiny but it is producing a ton of “fruit”. As I learned last time, this fruit is mostly seed and rind, but it’s really quite pretty. And adorable. Each fruit is about the size of a small marble or smaller (think 1-2 normal sized clementine or tangerine seeds encased in a thin rind) and I expect the tree will be instantly taller after I harvest the fruit. What I’d like is for the tree to actually grow. I transplanted it a while back in the current pot, so we’ll see if it gets a growth spurt this spring.

I know you’re jealous of my adorable little kumquats.

Indoor gardening rambling follows… you have been warned!

I worked a little on on the sun porch last week and I’m considering renaming it The Arboretum given all the trees I have out there. I love my Norfolk Pines of Many Sizes! Don’t tell the Fop, but I think I might need to pick up another tiny Norfolk sometime soon as all the others are well over a foot tall now! Of course, first I need to do more work out as I only go through organizing, rearranging, cleaning and clearing the first half of the porch.

The willow-leaved fig bonsai that was formerly traumatized and dropped its leaves when I transplanted is doing well: all its leaves are back! The asparagus fern which is supposedly sharing a hanging planter with 2 other plants is failing to share in such a way that the soil in the planter is being pushed up above the rim of the pot. I think I’m going to have to split it again this spring. Hmm… while I’m thinking about it, I probably should winter-over my bonsai trees in the garage to give them a rest. I’ll have to find a good spot for that.

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