My baby meyer lemon tree

Is it just me, or are Meyer lemons way easier to get this year than they were last year? I have been buying them 6 at a time, and using them for so many things. I thought I would share a few of them here. I’m also going to give a few tips on having them all year round, so that you never have to be without them. As you can see from the picture above, I have a plan for the future. This little tree is covered in buds right now, so hopefully next year, those will all be lemons!

If you don’t know what a Meyer lemon is, they are a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange. They look like a lemon, but the skin is a little thinner and often a little more orange-colored. They smell like lemon, but sweet. You can use them anywhere you would use a Eureka lemon.

For more information, visit Oysterculture’s citrus entry.

First, the links to things I’ve already made and posted on this blog: blueberry-Meyer lemon scones and lemon-clementine cake. My friend Natasha at 5starfoodie created this great Meyer lemon crepe recipe.

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