I tried lemon lime once and it was pretty gross. Super bitter

Just oranges can be too sweet. Sometimes I'll add orange blossom water at the end and that's pretty nice

Yes, I use sweet oranges and lemons (3-4 oranges for every 1 lemon). 3 citrus would include either a grapefruit or limes but they make it much more bitter

Luckily my kids like it because they grew up on it. And I make relatively less bitter California style marmalade

I love making marmalade. Haven't had much time/energy since I started working full time, but it's so relaxing

I tried searching and didn't find anything either. Hopefully cutting it back rather than uprooting will be good enough

It looks like a fungus/gall of some type to me

Because there's a legend that he took a thorn from the paw of a lion 🦁

We blame the HVAC

Ours are actually a little grimy