Can I just express my jealousy that Rhonda Jean at Down To Earth lives in a climate where she can grow banana trees in her backyard? Seriously, that has to be the coolest thing ever.

I read somewhere that you can grow dwarf banana trees, but have not yet had time to investigate the claim. If it’s true, I am totally getting one. I’ve been really enjoying my dwarf orange tree, even if the actual orange I managed to grow doesn’t seem it will ever turn orange. I read that the oranges on my orange tree may never turn completely orange, but be a shade of yellow, but this orange still has a few flecks of green. So frustrating.

Next spring, I think I’ll get a lime tree to match the orange tree so I can make a key lime pie and drink a glass of orange juice.