A lemon, lemon

[fourandsixpants]

Shopping at my local Woolies, wanted 1 x lemon ......horrified to find all 3 differently packaged items containing lemons were ALL IMPORTED FROM USA

single (tiny) lemons IMPORTED from USA

String bags of (tiny) lemons IMPORTED from USA

String bags of (tiny) lemons and (tinier) limes , limes from Australia and lemons IMPORTED from USA.

I will call into a friends tomorrow morning and ask for a few from her tree. 

[polksaladallie]

Tiny little limes are $1.80 each.  My G & T will have to go without.

[green.fields · Accepted solution]

My neighbours lemon tree fruits all year round, I have a bag in the fridge, going to make lemon butter.

[dwilke33]

If our Winters stay fairly mild, like above freezing, my lemon trees bare fruit year round as well.

[raptor_rebooted]

[the_great_she_elephant · Accepted solution]

Luckily, for you - and me, Paints - the answer is simple: Bunbury Farmers Market - cheaper, fresher and always as local as they can obtain it. (and no, they don't employ me  I just love the place and try to do all my shopping there)

[katymatey*]

I have a very large lemon tree and a lime. The lemons have lost their grip during the hot weather and are now lying on the lawn. Plenty more where they came from though.

The lemon tree is around 40 plus year old and needs cutting back every 4 or 5 years otherwise it fills half the back yard. It is nice to be able to go outside and find a lemon anytime.

I won't buy any produce from overseas, especially China.

I went to the podiatrist this morning and there was a basket of home grown tomatoes in the waiting room, 3 kgs for $3. I was tempted, but we have tomatoes growing.

[*mrgrizz*]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Luckily, for you - and me, Paints - the answer is simple: Bunbury Farmers Market - cheaper, fresher and always as local as they can obtain it. (and no, they don't employ me  I just love the place and try to do all my shopping there)

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you think parking/traffic is bad there now? just wait for the Masters store to go in across the road

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Luckily, for you - and me, Paints - the answer is simple: Bunbury Farmers Market - cheaper, fresher and always as local as they can obtain it. (and no, they don't employ me  I just love the place and try to do all my shopping there)

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you think parking/traffic is bad there now? just wait for the Masters store to go in across the road

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It was pretty full on just before Christmas, but I have to say they handled it extremely well with lots of parking attendants directing people to bays as they were vacated. It can get very busy at other times but we've never had to drive round a second time to find a spotWe avoid schol drop off and pick up times - I imagine all those schools along Vittoria Road  arent too happy about the increased traffic. .

I hadn't heard about the Masters store - tell me more. 

[joz*garage]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

I do not have room to plant a citrus tree or I would have. Got cumquat tree growing in a pot. Lemon did not work out in a pot. 

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do you live in an apartment [strange name when theyre not actually apart]

[amber-eyed-girl]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Tiny little limes are $1.80 each.  My G & T will have to go without.

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Went shopping at Woolies on the weekend on a 40 degree day.

bought a lime...marked clearly at 7.98$/kg.

at the checkout it came up as 18.98$/kg, but I didn't notice as I was about fainting. Do not cope with hot weather well.

checked the receipt in the carpark and was too tired to go back and contest it. Not the first time my local Woolies has cheated on the "specials" but I watch for it as a rule. So it was a 1.70$ lime. Expensive enough at the actual advertised price, but I can't go without fresh lime in the gin and tonic.

Browsed NZ vegetables once but never again. They were shrivelled and revolting to look at. Must be China ones. I had heard about the way they import then export vegetables before on this forum.