Robert Louis Stevenson once said “To come down covered with mud and drenched with sweat and rain after some hours in the bush ,change , rubdown, and take a chair in the verandah is to taste a quiet conscience.” He was referring to caring for his 314 acre estate in Samoa. I can relate to that (on a smaller scale) wile working around our 2 acres here in Hawaii. My current short term project is weeding pineapples .These are white pinapples, which are only grown here on the Big Island , Hawaii. They are sweeter and less acidic than the yellow variety and are only available here! After you have tasted one of these ,yellows will never seem quite as good. Last year we had 30 plants and almost every one produced a 5 pound fruit! Each plant also produces Keiki (babies) which may be removed , rooted and planted . After that process last summer our plant inventory jumped from 30 to almost 100. Weeding is quite a project. First there is the Hawaiian Sun. It is intense to say the least! Then some of the weeds are so hard to pull you almost need dynamite! I have to wear safety goggles because the plants are very sharp. And there are centipedes in the soil that have a pretty serious sting. Even so these delicious fruits are worth all the sweat! They will be ripe in about a month .