Lessons on 'Limey'

This Mexican Lime tree was just transplanted to a permanent home outside.

Soon after I moved back to Austin, I bought a small Mexican Lime tree and planted it in a pot. We put it on casters and rolled it inside during the winter and outside in the spring summer and fall, because I was concerned the delicate citrus would not survive a winter freeze.

I had reason to be concerned. I accidentally forgot to bring "Limey" inside during a cold night last year, and the little tree dropped all of its leaves. It spent the next YEAR recovering, and is only now starting to flower and produce fruit.

But this year, Limey won't be coming inside. We have a 15-month-old in the house this winter -- who's into EVERYTHING -- and there's just no safe place for Limey, which is covered in long SHARP thorns. This year we made the decision to risk planting Limey outside.

The best place to plant a citrus tree is in a warm, sunny place along a south-facing wall.

We already disregarded that piece of advice.

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