Baby Pina

It's a baby pineapple being born!
I think this plant has been gestating for 3 years. It was the top from a willing participant in my gardening experiments.

 Slice the top off, remove extra juicy bits. Let it sit to dry out a little. I think I sat mine next to the sink for 3-4 days. Then plant it into the ground and water.

Three years later, viola'.   Although I read it would only be two years. Oh well. Since this one, I've started 6-7 others.

Look what God grew!

I've been on a kick of posting photos of warm & sunny So. Florida on to Facebook. Last month I had the honor of attending the youth worker Extravaganza in Kansas City and the APCE Conference in ABQ. In both cases those locations received record snow falls and low temps the day I arrived.

All that travel just made me love this place more. Giant spinach leaves growing in January. Potatoes growing from the peels I threw out after Christmas dinner. Pineapples making little baby pineapples from a top sliced off the grocery store fruit (after 3 years of waiting!)