Ice cold lemons and an unripe fig

When I wrote about my fruit garden not too long ago, people asked to see the fruits of my labor -- and by labor, I mean picking the fruits!

So without further ado, let's see the fruits of the Golan.

A week ago, Hadas, Natan, and I plucked 81 lemons off our lemon tree leaving it bare, save for the leaves. We tithed them according to tradition and then gave some out to friends.

At the end of the day, we (mainly Chave and the kids) squeezed around 25-35 lemons and froze most of them. Let me warn you though, these are not your regular freezer ice cubes, nor the sweet lemonade chiller - these are the real deal, 1.5-2 lemons per cube, sour suckers!

And while the lemon tree works on rejuvenating itself, let's move over to our magnificent fig tree.

I mentioned how the weather has been topsy turvy here. (This morning there was a cold wind only to be followed up with a hot summer-like afternoon.)

And when I took this picture, it was the morning after a very late spring sprinkle - you can clearly see droplets on the fig. (I sure hope it doesn't rain on Israel's Independence Day this Tuesday.)

You can see the fruit is not 100% ready yet; although, Hadas has picked up a habit of picking them anyways.

As always, I will try to keep you posted on the fig tree's development.