Deliriously happy!!!!

February 24, 2006

Some of you know the heartbreak millions of us in Florida have suffered by

having the State come in on our private property and chop down our citrus

trees. Seems the state citrus industry, a powerful inflexible, shortsighted

lobby, got a law passed when a bacterial disease called citrus canker

started spreading. Solution? cut down all the trees withing 2000 feet of an

infected tree, whether sick or not. I lost nine that I had planted myself.

Now the industry has pushed for the rescinding of that law, since the

hurricanes spread the disease into their orchards! Hypocrites. The disease

does not harm humans, or the quality of the juice, it just blemishes the

skins. The law lifting the ban and removal of the trees was lifted about

two weeks ago.

So, today, in a fiercely dyslexic moment brought on by euphoria, I yelled

out when I read the headline in the paper " We can plant Christmas trees

again. " Well, it feels like christmas, and christmas sounds like citrus, so

I went there, lol.

If time allows, and it probably won't, I may drive down to the Keys to get

some trees this weekend. That county didn't get infected, due to geography.

First on my list: neroli, key lime, lemon, citron, meiwa kumquat (very

sweet.) I do have a thai lime leaf tree that they were never able to kill.

I'm only afraid that production won't be up to speed for a while, esp on

the rare stuff.

Oh, the blossoms, the fruit, the crunchy green leaves. A culinary and

olfactory delight returns.

Here's a link to the story, but you have to register to read it, I think:

Anya

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