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Growing Eureka Lemons in the San Lorenzo Valley
If you garden in the San Lorenzo Valley, in the shaded canyons and redwood-lined creek bottoms around Felton, Ben Lomond, and Boulder Creek, a Eureka or Lisbon lemon is a marginal proposition. This is the coldest, shadiest part of the county for citrus, and a true acid lemon, whi
Growing Eureka Lemons in the Santa Cruz Coastal Fog Belt
If you garden in the foggy coastal strip and you want a real, mouth-puckering lemon rather than the milder Meyer, the Eureka lemon (and its close cousin the Lisbon) is your workhorse. It is the true acid lemon of the grocery aisle, thornier and tarter than a Meyer, and on the coo
Growing Eureka Lemons in the Santa Cruz Banana Belt
If you garden in the warm sunny pocket above the fog and you want a real, sharply acidic lemon rather than the milder Meyer, the Banana Belt is the place to get it. This is the county's best citrus ground, and it gives a Eureka or Lisbon lemon the extra heat that the cool coast w