Dill Seeds

The dill plants are producing seeds. This is one of many seed producers in the garden. The first attempt at storing seeds became a moldy mess and I had to throw them out. The next batch was left to dry out on paper towels for a couple days before storage. Another batch was just thrown into the summer garden (an update on a later date about that). The only say I can say is that I did a terrible job at spreading the seeds. It is one big clump of dill. There are still more to collect and I will be doing that the next couple of weeks.

Pineapple

In October 2010 I purchased a pineapple plant sold at a plant sale for the UCF Arboretum at the University of Central Florida.

For over two years I have managed to not kill off this plant (unlike past pineapple plant attempts, which I thought I blogged about but apparently never did).

But the plant just sat there in the yard and did nothing.

When we returned back from our lovely two week trip in the United Kingdom (more details later) I was excited to find that the pineapple plant was actually producing, well, a pineapple.

The more I garden, the more I am finding that plants do better when I leave them alone. Survival of the fittest backyard garden style.

Bunnies of Baldwin

A difference a year and a half makes

After two half-marathons, a 15k, a 10K, and many more little races, what a difference a year and a half makes. I finally decided to get serious about my nutrition and dropped a couple of pounds. I have ten more or so to go and the hardest part is maintenance.

Before (November 2011)

After (March 2013)