Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The Pineapple

At the end of last week, W and I harvested the pineapple from the plant in our backyard.  It was obviously much smaller than what is available for purchase in the grocery stores.  The flavor was wonderful - very sweet and juicy.  The top was huge.  It is as big as some of our one year old plants.  It did not get thrown away though.  We prepped it and have place it in a wide mouth quart jar to root.  We did have to wait 2+ years for this homegrown pineapple, but it was free and certainly worth the wait!

4 comments:

Helena said...

incredible, such a long wait and worth it. really makes us appreciate fruit and veg - how amazing they are!

Susan in SC said...

I know it was hard to cut and eat that pineapple after 2 years!

Julie said...

Amazing, Dawn. My pineapple, planted about 5 months ago is looking great. It's about ready to be transplanted. Did you have yours in the ground or still potted?

Dawn said...

Julie, my pineapple is still potted. It is actually almost as large as the original plant was. I need to plant the top from the pineapple we picked this weekend.