Hi everyone! It's a gorgeous day here in San Diego. I have the day off and can finally do some stuff in the backyard. Yeay!

I think I have come up with a solution for my potted trees with the mulch. What do you think? I'm such a beginner grower. Any and all feedback is appreciated.

I took a styrofoam soup bowl and cut the center out. I tried both right side up and upside down. Upside down seems to be better because I can cover the lip of the bowl with the mulch to hold it down. Otherwise it tends to want to float up when I water.

This tree is the Mexican lime that had the scale on it. I scraped off what I could see. I did the alcohol swab treatment and its too sunny right now to do the horticultural oil but I'll do that when it cools down.

I'm pretty excited about the amount of flowers I have on here. I thought I wasn't going to have any this year. I thought they flowered at the same time as lemons and tangerines etc.