No Fruit Fly

It' s not too often that you discover a note in your garden but at 7:30 a.m. this morning that is just what we discovered.

The gate had been opened to let Lola out to bring us our morning Union Tribune . Tucked in the handle of the gate was a note to us from the State of California Department of Agriculture, signed in pencil by Wayne Y. and dated 1/11/11. ( five ones! )

When I asked what it said, I was told that it warned us not to eat any more of our citrus due to infestation...I naively asked, " REALLY?" , and was greeted with a hearty laugh... I do live with a jokester !

In reality, the note thanked us for our cooperation for allowing insect detection traps on our property. The C.D.A. had been putting traps in our citrus trees for the past four or five years and informed us the traps had been removed and will be installed at another location.

I guess our trees passed the test...it's good to know our fruit is safe to eat !