for the first time in the five years we've lived in this house,
our lemon tree yielded fruit!
i'm not sure if it was just that the tree is finally mature enough to bear fruit,
or if it was the strange regimen of digging coffee grounds and eggshells into the soil all year
along with the citrus tree fertilizer and Miracle Grow a few times...
but something stimulated the growth, and we got 16 lemons this winter!
you know what they say: 'when life gives you lemons, make lemonade'?
well, *i* say, 'when life gives you lemons, DECORATE with them!'
and i did!
continue reading for some easy tips...
(even if life didn't give you a lemon tree or lemons!)