This week’s theme for project 52 is texture. I had a bunch of different ideas of what I could photograph for this assignment
but when I saw this “flower” growing in my garden, I knew it would be it. Can you guess what it is?
Maybe a color version would help? Or maybe not.
It’s the beginnings of a pineapple!!! And it’s growing in my OC backyard!
The little brown, spikey flower that you see now will later grow up to be the “body”/outer casing,
protecting the yummy, juicy pineapple goodness inside!
In May of 2006 (just after my daughter was born), my mom suggested that we plant the tops of two pineapples she had just cut into a patch of empty dirt in our backyard. She told us it would grow a plant and we didn’t believe her. Ok, maybe it would grow some more leaves, but we never thought it would actually produce a real life, edible pineapple. But it did!! Last summer, we ate our very first Ladera Ranch grown (and organic!) pineapple. I thought that we got lucky with our one pineapple. Of the three total pineapple tops we have planted, it was the only one that looked like it could have grown something. Then last Friday, I noticed this little bud growing on the 2nd pineapple top that we planted almost four years ago. It’s exciting… and it makes you feel like an real gardener!
Want to try to grow your own pineapple at home? All you need is a pineapple top, some dirt, and a lot of patience!
I’ll post again once this litte flower begins to resemble more of a pineapple (it hasn’t even sprouted it’s own top yet).
Next post: A sneak peek of my latest session with a super fun (and adorable) toddler friend!
) Excellent job on the pics!
yayayayayayayay!!!
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