Part 2 - Jason's new home

Part 2 - Jason moves in

So after a dark and scary week in the under stairs cupboard, Jason has made the transition to the new greenhouse outside, where he is dry and safe from the torrential downpour that seems to be going on at the moment! I've potted in amongst making the pasta to play with my new pasta maker for the first time...exciting culinary times. My sister Caz bought me the pasta maker, and she's been up visiting the last few days, which has been great. Just lots of hanging out, eating, pottering around. We went to visit my new nephew Maxad in Oxford, who is very laid back for one month old! Unlike his sister Aliya, who at 2 is gibbering away merrily and absolutely adorable. We played in the park and she was hilarious. Nice to be able to give them back though, and head back to Leeds to see Jen's first gig with her new band, which was pretty amazing. Such talent, and the new line-up are fantastic. Any budding record labels should snap them up straight away!
In terms of Jason, the next thing to happen is he's going to have board the summer somewhere (any takers?). Doesn't need much tending, just a bit of sun and care. Apparently pineapples only need 20 inches of water a year, so they don't even need much water! This is the make or break stage, so watch this space!

Day 1

So this is the start of the journey, a 3 year epic to bring the world a pineapple grown in Leeds...

No seriously, I'm going to try growing my own pineapple. Apparently it takes 3 years or so, so I thought a blog would be a fun way to keep you all posted and would serve as an online time capsule as well:

Day 1, July 26th 2008
I bought a pineapple at Sainsburys, and brought him to the park to ripen a little in the sun. Warmest day of the year so far, and it was great just to sit outside, eat a barbeque, play some boule and some frisbee and generally relax after a long academic year. Jason (called as such for Jason Lee, footballer who had a haircut that looked like a pineapple) then came home, where I cut off the crown, pruned him a little and left him to dry out in the understairs cupboard.



Apparently, you have to leave him for a week before potting to allow all the none essential parts to rot away...nice. We also bought a mini-greenhouse for him to go in, and will be picking up some winter fleece to keep him warm over the winter months. For the record, the rest of the pineapple went on some homemade pizzas, which were seriously tasty! I think when Jason is born, we'll have to cannabalise into more pizzas, to mark the round trip. So that's the start, there will be pictures to go with all this silliness, so keep an eye on here for updates. Let's go grow pineapples!