Backyard Trees

With temperatures falling below 100 degrees for the first time in months, I was finally able to plant fig, pomegranate and lemon drop trees in my backyard. Apparently fall has arrived in Texas. With this seemingly non-ending heat and drought, Texas is becoming more like northeastern Brazil, where temps in the 90s feel ‘refreshing.’ If winter arrives and it’s still in the 90s, I’m just going to have to start planting caju, carambola, and mango trees–and set up a Brazilian fruit stand.

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