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I had one as well. I was not too happy with it as the leaves bled small drops of sugar water, making the window sill rather sticky.

Cute jars too. What are those for/from?

They're Italian yogurt jars:
http://www.spega.it/

estydesign is correct. they are indeed spega jars. see this post for more info!

It's so cute. I'm running right out to buy avocados.

Ummm...

I always liked the idea of grow-your-own-avocados, until I read up in my Sunset garden book that the majority of varieties grow 30'-40' high and wider than tall. "Dwarf" avocados are 12'. If you know what you're doing, they can be grown in containers - but probably won't get big enough to bear fruit. Consider it like getting a Mastiff: Are you prepared to give it everything it needs to thrive?

I got a lemon tree instead which is 2' tall and produced lemons the 1st year. >That< I can fit on my apartment balcony. I live in LA and now need to "cultivate" a friend with an avocado tree.

avocado trees won't produce avocados for a few years, but if still they don't, put a nail on it, that's an old trick my grandmother used.

Where Loreta---on the soil, the top branch, drive it into the bark with a nail gun, tape it to a leaf ???:-))
I do believe that at this early stage you can cut it back by half and new shuts will branch out if you want a fuller look plant. But the more you cut back over time the longer it takes for fruit to form.