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02/19/22 • 15 min
Scholar Minor - Some Citrus-y History
Transcript
Greetings, friends, and welcome back to Scholar Minor.
I generally try to connect my episode with something going on in my life, or, at least, with something I’ve been recently preoccupied with. This week, that subject is citrus.
My partner and I are very lucky to have a beautiful mandarin tree in our yard. While I love mandarins, we have not been able to keep up this year. This tree is amazing - it has grown so much since we moved it and produces pounds and pounds of fruit eve
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