Pineapples!

When we bought our property we found a few pineapples the owner had planted.  However, we relocated them to a better place in our mini-orchard where they have full sun. Over the year, we have saved many pineapple "tops" adding them to the pineapple patch.  We have had fun going out to pick our own several times this year.  Right now we have five that we will harvest soon.

We have about 18 plants growing at various stages of development.  To grow pineapples here, we simply save the top off the pineapple.  It can be immediately put into the ground, but we have found that our local mongoose will dig them up for munching.  So, we get them started in a one-gallon pot first in the shade house, and after a couple weeks, transplant the newly rooted plant into a new spot in the garden.