We’ve moved the pineapple.  Initially I was worried about moving the plants when they were so large, but they needed sun that they weren’t getting in their original location:  against the North side of the house.  Without sun, they will never bloom; I found this out while trying to figure out what the plants were.  I also found out that though it is really easy to grow pineapple from the top of any pineapple you buy in the store, it takes the plants two to three years before they flower and fruit.  That’s a crazy investment for one primary and two secondary fruit crops before the plant is kaput.

It feels really great to look out on those derelict veggie beds and see something growing that I meant to put there, even if the pineapple plants came with the house.