Lemonade
18 February 2007
Kona coffee is our primary crop but we do have quite a few other trees as
well. We have a large macadamia nut orchard and several avocado
trees. We have pineapples, bananas, oranges and a vegetable
garden. There is a giant lychee tree near the house. Just
behind it, down the hill and on the other side of some coffee trees is
a lemon tree. It's far enough away from the house that we often
forget about it even though it is absolutely loaded with lemons.
The other day the girls were complaining that they were bored.
How they can get bored on a Kona coffee farm, we're not sure. So what
do we do when they complain that they're bored? We put them to
work.
We told them each to get a basket and fill it with lemons. Then
they sat down and squeezed all those lemons. We had fresh
lemonade for lunch and the rest was frozen as concentrated lemonade
ice cubes. Now making lemonade is simply a matter of throwing in
9 lemon ice cubes, 1 cup of sugar and four cups of water.
After all that work the girls were ready for a picnic on the front
lawn. They had a friend over and it was a beautiful day, not too
hot and not too cloudy. After the picnic I was hoping they'd
complain about being bored again. No such luck though, I think
they knew I'd just put them to work.
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