While humans have been relatively powerless against fire and drought, Australian citrus trees have been plotting a season of abundance
You know the universe has a sense of humour when you see the abundance of citrus now falling onto the ground, without a market. When life gives you lemons … well it certainly has, by the tonne.
On our farm in the Northern Rivers, the conditions have been perfectly ripe. In the past 18-month cycle, and longer for many areas of Australia, we’ve endured drought and then fires and now Covid-19. We humans have been relatively powerless against all three, but the citrus trees have been plotting their abundance.
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