It’s a small thing, but I’m happy that the mandarin seeds that I’ve planted a while ago are sprouting. Eventually I’ll use them to graft into Malena (my Sicilian lemon tree). The end game is to have Malena producing multiple fruits; she already has a grafted rangpur branch.

The tree herself also made me a bit happy. Replanting her from a vase to the ground stressed her, but now she’s all like “I have more space for my roots! Who cares if it’s winter? Time for new growth!”.

(In case anyone wonders, the tree is named after a movie character.)