[conspire] Happy news

[paulz at ieee.org]

A couple years ago, Rick mentioned his calamansi, a variety of small citrus.  I recall it was the victim of an irrigation malfunction.
That reminded me of my calamondin.   I had planted such a tree, but it was between a lemon and an orange which crowded it.  Rick and I figured out that calamansi and calamondin are two names for the same variety.  The fruit are the size of a big marble (shooter, if you played marbles).  You can just eat them skin and all, or cook into marmalade.  

The conversation caused me to pay attention to my tree.  It had one fruit last year and one earlier this year.  Over the course of the last year, I selectively thinned out the lemon which was shading its small neighbor.  Now the calamondin has a fair number of blossoms and many new shoots.  

I hope Rick's trees are happy.
BTW, if you have a tree that is too big, it is fine to cut it back.  The biggest thing is to not remove more than 1/3 in a year.  Taking a 20 foot tree down so you don't need a ladder to pick is OK, but it will take time and planning of what to cut now and what to do next year.
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