Harvesting ripe lemon from outdoor tree - Kathrin Ziegler/Getty Images When it comes to gardening, lemon trees are the total package: These easy-care evergreens smell wonderful, offer gorgeous flowers ...

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade — but what about when life does not give you lemons? Well, you make the lemons yourself (with a bit of soil, gardening and patience for about 15 years!).

Growing plants from seeds is incredibly satisfying. And when those seeds would otherwise be thrown in the trash, there is something even more pleasurable about nurturing new life. Next time you slice ...