When Doug and I first bought a house in Ocala, he noticed that there was a pineapple plant growing out back. We had never seen a pineapple plant before and were fascinated by the whole process. The pineapple seemed to be growing on top of the plant, looked like a miniature pineapple from the start and changed from green to brown to yellow. Doug picked our first one carefully (as the leaves had sharp edges) when he thought it was mature in the spring of 2023 and enjoyed the fruit very much.
Shortly after eating our first pineapple, Doug and I decided that we wanted to remove the plants and shrubs surrounding our house. Many were overgrown and housed bugs and snakes. We had a tree service company pull everything out and then hired a landscaper to put down white rock and beautiful cement curbing. We have loved it ever since.
Before the landscapers arrived, Doug and I walked around the house to see if there were any plants that we wanted to keep knowing that we would have to move them to pots since neither one of us wanted to deal with overgrown landscaping again. The only two that we kept were the pineapple and the aloe plants. I wasn't in love with the aloe plant because of all of the sharp spines on it, but it was interesting to look at and Doug liked it very much. I never worried that the aloe would survive as it appeared hardy to me, but the pineapple was another story. One had already died since we moved here, and we didn't know anything about growing them. We decided to take a chance and transferred it to a pot. I am very glad that we did as today we were able to pick and taste one of the best pineapples that I have ever eaten. Maybe growing it ourselves made it sweeter or maybe it was because we let it ripen on the vine. Either way, we both enjoyed it very much.
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