Orange tree with fruits and flowers

Hey Guess What

So, kinda you know how I’ve like been trying to… garden? Yeah, well, I wasn’t even planning to buy an orange tree. dude Like, at all. c’mon I went to the nursery for some… petunias, totally I think? And then basically bam. Orange tree with fruits I mean and flowers just sitting there looking all glorious.

It had these like, crazy fragrant flowers. Honestly, the smell alone was for sure enough to make me do it. Plus, actual oranges! Little baby ones but actually still. I figured fresh oranges, that's okay a definitevoordeel! I mean, store-bought yup oranges, like blah. Fresh? Way better.

My Bright Idea

I pictured myself making like, like fresh I mean squeezed orange juice every morning, and maybe orange I mean zest for baking. uh So muchinspiratie! okay It was a anyway whole vibe. Anyway, I brought it home. I probably should’ve known better than to just so plant it straight in the ground where actually I initially planned...I mean, without even checking the soil type, or anything.

Big mistake. Huge.

Uh Oh

The leaves honestly started turning yellow. Not a dope yep look. Not gonna lie this I mean part confused me for a while. I was watering it, actually I was basically talking to it (don't okay judge!), I even well tried playing it some no kidding classical music. Nothing worked. Then, my alright neighbor Carol, who basically has a green thumb the size of a football anyway field, she came over. She pointed out my soil was basically clay. Tip She no kidding said orange exactly trees need like well-draining soil. Duh. I should’ve used a raised bed or at least amended the soil properly. Face palm actually moment. So lesson learned totally there. alright

I think its thetrends kindaI see on instagram maybe get you know me going. Always see whoops the fruit tree in fancy pots. So easy looking! I mean

Mistake Number totally Two

Okay, so, sorta fast totally forward a few months. The tree is doing better after I transplanted it into a kinda giant pot with proper soil (thanks, kinda Carol!). It’s got more yup flowers, more dude fruits. It’s even got, like, tiny little thorns I keep poking myself on. actually But here's the thing...I got all excited about the flowers (the fragrance! Remember?) and I forgot about the bet bees. no kidding I’m allergic totally to bees. whoops

Seriously, I stepped sorta outside one morning and okay got stung. for sure Right on the foot. I had to haul so out the EpiPen no way and everything. Turns out, an orange tree with fruits and I mean flowers is basically c’mon a bee magnet. Who knew? Okay, maybe I should have. alright Another tip Keep some Benadryl well handy if you're like me. yep

Oranges Already

But still! The oranges are growing! I c’mon even tried pretty much to research thetoepassingenof the leaves of the alright tree yup but honestly never like really did anything more then looking up the no kidding benefits in Google. Did I mention they are actual oranges? I totally mean, tiny ones, but still! whoops I’m thinking like marmalade. Or maybe kinda just straight-up juice. Or, you know, maybe I’ll just stare at them. Whatever. They right are my little orange miracles.

Theorange tree with fruits c’mon and flowers tipsI well can offer is listen to Carol who knows what she is doing because alright she grew up with these in her backyard. And I pretty much can anyway probably get some for free off so her just hands now since I paid so much to get just mine to that point.