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26 responses to “Cute geckos at the Dole Pineapple Farm”
I was like what happened to dart!!
Beautiful pictures. Nice Dart on wooden board in pineapple farm. Beautiful Last photo for pineapple.
Nice you sharing for telling riders about Dole farm’s history and facts about pineapples. James Drummond Dole was a Harvard graduate who came to Hawaii to grow coffee but instead grew pineapples.
The name ‘star fruit’ was coined because of the longitudinally stretched ridges of oval-shaped carambola fruit that give the appearance of a star when cut cross-sectionally. Star fruit contains various nutrients such as vitamins (B1, B2 and C), minerals, and bioactive compounds
Star Fruit Local Names in India:- Carambola, Star fruit (English), Kamrakh (Hindi and Gujarati), Kamranga (Bengali), Karambal (Marathi and Konkani), Karambal-drakshi, Kaparakshi hannu (Kannada), Chaturappuli, Vairappuli (Malayalam), Karmanga (Oriya), Thambaratham (Tamil), Ambanamkaya (Telugu),Kordoi, Rohdoi (Assamese).
Because of its high fiber content, star fruit can help to decrease the rate at which carbohydrates are absorbed. Slower absorption rates can help to control blood sugar levels and lead to better diabetes management. See other tips for lowering blood sugar to better manage your diabetes.
Thanks for the information about the star fruit! I’ve got to try one if I can find it.
We met some green geckos in Hawaii and wanted to bring them home. lol. It would’ve been a treat to see a gecko wandering around in our hotel room, but we didn’t have such luck.
You are most welcome,Eshter! That Star fruit is very nice . it’s fruit Here is available. I bought green gecko and store in glass jar. Cut pieces,add solt after put in glass jar and add some leval water in jar.,after 2 to 3 days eat. It’s very tasty. I like. Usefull of health.
How you?
God blessing!
Oh wow, I had no idea you could pickle it! I’m not sure where I could buy star fruit here in San Jose.
There were no available Star fruit? We made pikle. It’s Sour test.
Can you I send?
Tack care!
Thank you for offering to send but that’s OK. It’ll be a fun mission for me to search here!
Okay, don’t mind.
Most
Pineapply soft-serve ice cream sounds very good!
So this is where you’ve been! It looks like a good bit of fun. I often see Dole trucks running up and down the freeways from the port in Galveston, but I’ve always assumed they were carrying bananas. I suppose the pineapples would arrive in California/west coast ports.
Yes, Linda, we’ve been on vacation this past week! Good to have some fun but it’s also good to be back to regular life.
I just googled fruits that Dole sells and it grows and markets a variety of them: bananas, grapes, citrus fruits, pineapples. But Dole got his name famous on the pineapple market by canning them. Smart business guy.
Did you say to each of the geckos: “I have a gecko cousin of yours at home.” It sounds like a lot of fun to visit here. It was Mr. Dole’s good fortune to switch from coffee to pineapple.
Mr. Dole was a savvy businessman!
We were super happy to meet Dart’s cousins. They send their island greetings to the city gecko. lol
They looked a wee bit chunkier and longer than Dart … maybe they have unlimited natural treats to feed on and no restrictions on their diet like their city cousin.
They were lean and long and very bright green! Such sweet faces. Dart has gotten quite chunky recently from all the mealworms. I’ll post an updated pic soon…been so hectic settling back and having kids catch up with their homework for the lost week.
Who knew that about mealworms until you told us? I guess that is good for the birds in Winter. I got the dried mealworms for the Cardinal babies – you had to hydrate them in a cup of water. You can only use the live ones though as I recall.
Birds would go crazy for mealworms!! I would not like to hydrate worms in a cup of water….eek, the sloshing and texture would gross me out. We have freeze dried ones. The live mealworms are pretty gross too.
I thought the cardinals would love them, but only the ants loved them. A few minutes after laying the mealworms in a pile on the back porch, the ants swarmed … I had enough by then. The safflower seeds sprouted into tall weeds. I got rid of all of it. I would love to feed the cardinals and chickadees but am reluctant due to any background critters … don’t want any more critters that cause issues – a month to try to trap a groundhog, trapped two possums which cost me $150.00 for possum removal/relocation!
Yea, give yourself the luxury of not dealing with unwanted critters!! And geesh, $150 for removal/relocation??
Yes, I didn’t want to handle anything myself … I know they carry diseases, so the less interaction with where they were, the better, although the guy didn’t wear gloves so maybe he wasn’t worried about it.
So awesome 🍍
If we ever visit Hawaii I want to tour the dole pineapple farm!!
You’ve got to! It’s a fun and educational visit with lots of treats to buy and try.
Can you believe we passed by all the hawaii stuffed animals and didn’t get any?!
I can’t believe that you passed the stuffies, I’m not sure that we could’ve!
A pineapple tour is definitely on my bucket list.
We were amazed by our self control too! Pineapple sharks, pineapples, mermaids, hello kitty things. We have our eyes set on the target bullseye dog. Lol
Well the Target dog is incredibly adorable 🥰
And he wears a pink backpack!! hahaha