Olives and lemons
Now, about our olives and lemons – it’s not all good news. It is very hard to grow lemons. Everyone told Mum she would lose them through the winter. In comparison it is quite easy to grow olives and they are quite difficult to kill. Mum has killed the olives. As you can see from the photo, the lemons are however thriving. We had several kilograms of lemons from the plants last year and we have more on the trees now, including some just beginning to grow. The olive trees say they are too sad to be photographed. They have lost most of their leaves.
Resurrection
Mum is an eternal optimist. She has read that it is hard to completely kill an olive and they have even managed to grow back after fire has burned them. With much hilarity, Mum and Dad managed to get one out of its pot, without causing each other any permanent harm. The roots still look alive, as far as Mum can tell. Their pot is draining ok. They are neither too wet nor too dry – we don’t think. Mum can only think it was the cold weather they didn’t like.
New regime
The olives are going to be subjected to the same regime as the lemons. They will be watered once a week, unless it’s really dry and it’s obvious they have dried out. Their pot will receive a good soaking when they are watered and they will be fed every six weeks in winter and more often in summer. I will sit and talk to them at regular intervals, which I’m assured by no less than the king is the best way to get them to grow. Mum already talks to the plants so that clearly isn’t working so well for the olives. I will also cross my paws and hope for the best.
Love
Aristotle
