Yippee. Look what we grew here in Perth

[cookie1]

Just had to share with you our latest picking from the garden. I know it isn't much for those in the tropics but we are rather pleased with it.  WE've managed to grow two now and have another one coming.

[Halex]

Well done cookie, are you going to eat it and then  stuff it and hang it on thevwall

Hally

[LeeJ]

Well done Chookie!

We are just starting our journey into growing our own, hopefully we get to your stage in the future 

[trudy]

Well done.  Did you grow it from an old pinapple top?

[Cuilidh]

It looks nice and juicy and sweet - well done.

[cookie1]

Yes we grew it from an old pineapple top. It will be eaten with icecream and the photo kept.

[achookwoman]

Cookie,  this is fantastic.  Oh for a little heat.  Too cold here to grow anything at the moment.

[judydawn]

Trudy asked the question I was going to.  How long did it take to harvest Cookie.  Congratulations on your green fingers.

[Shiraz49]

Looks beautiful. Hope it tastes the same. Enjoy

[andiesenji]

That's just lovely Cookie!. 

You don't actually have to be in the tropics, just have a lot of patience (and a glass house with reliable heat). 

I was born and raised in western Kentucky on my grandfather's farm.  He had both an orangery and a pinery (which in later years I learned were called hothouses).  We had oranges, lemons, grapefruit and so on, growing in the orangery  and  rows of pineapple plants growing in the pinery (where we kids were absolutely forbidden to play).

There were also greenhouses that were smaller - tomatoes and cucumbers through the winter - and cold frames, espaliered fruit trees and so on, because my grandpa loved to experiment with various ways of growing stuff the way such things were grown in England. 

[maddy]

I can understand your excitement Cookie! 
We were amazed that we had oranges growing here, down the chilly south end  they were small, but they did taste good.

[cookie1]

That sounds interesting and exciting Andie. OUr pinapple plants are just out in the garden. I think it took about 12 months from the time the pinapple appeared. We just plant them and wait and wait. It is really sweet. I never liked fresh pineapple until we visited Queensland for the first time. It's still fairly hard to get a lovely sweet one here.

[johnro]

Now Cookie you need to eat enough pineapple so that your tongue bleeds.  I have many memories of consuming pineapple at Yeppoon (coastal CQ) on hols as a child and eating so much that your tongue splits and bleeds due to the acidity - but oh how nice.  I would still eat as much but hindsight is a wonderful thing!!!!!!   

[Nay-nay]

Wow! Good on ya! A pineapple usually takes 2 years to grow from a top. 

[cookie1]

Perhaps it was 2 years Nay-Nay. I actually think it may have been more. It took a year from the time it sent up the little pineapple spear.