North Adelaide man Ted Jedynak is planting lemon trees along Mackinnon Parade and wants everyone to benefit from the fruit they will bear North Adelaide residents Lil and Ted Jedynak have planted lemon trees on Mackinnon Parade as a way to honour the street's history with the East End Markets as well as encourage others to pick the fruit. Photo Tom Huntley Source: News Limited TED Jedynak hopes planting lemon trees in a North Adelaide street will help grow a stronger community. The Mackinnon Parade resident has worked with Adelaide City Council to plant six lemon trees along the verge of his street. Once established, anyone passing by can pick the lemons and take them home. "When I investigated the history of Mackinnon Pde I noticed the ways the roads were designed," Mr Jedynak says. Market gardeners from the north eastern suburbs used to drive produce down Mackinnon Parade to the former East End Markets. I thought it would be a nice touch if some of that historical flavour of live produce was somehow reflected down the street. My bigger picture is for more production and edible gardens in public places and this is the first step. Mr Jedynak and his wife Lil said they also wanted to spruce up the road after they moved into their Mackinnon Parade house earlier this year. Mr Jedynak bought the trees and the council provided containers, soil and labour to get them planted. Six volunteers in the street have stepped forward to look after each of the lemon trees and are calling themselves TLC (the lemon carers). "It's been overwhelmingly and surprisingly positive with the feedback and it's been a real talking point," he said.