Medjool Dates Fruit & Medjool Date Palm Trees » medjool dates http://www.medjool-dates.com/blog Medjool Dates, Dates Dried Fruit, Dried Fruit, Fresh Fruit, Nutrition Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:19:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Christmas is the Season For Gifting Medjool Dates http://www.medjool-dates.com/blog/2011/11/15/christmas-is-the-season-for-gifting-medjool-dates/ http://www.medjool-dates.com/blog/2011/11/15/christmas-is-the-season-for-gifting-medjool-dates/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:54:14 +0000 Pina http://www.medjool-dates.com/blog/?p=345 Among the less known traditional gifts are medjool date and assorted dated gift baskets.  It was how I was first introduced to dates a long time ago.  I thought they were chocolates covered with coconut.  Turned out they were dates with coconut.  They were the cheap dates, not the medjool dates, but not bad.  Once I tasted the medjool date it was a whole different experience.  It is kind of like when you get a gift box with chocolates from Wally world and a box of chocolates from Sees candys.  There is a huge day and night difference, so if you are considering gifting dates, considered that there is a huge difference.  One makes you look like a considerate individual, the other one makes you look cheap. Choose carefully, one is a career maker, the other is a career breaker.

GHTime Code(s): nc nc  ]]> http://www.medjool-dates.com/blog/2011/11/15/christmas-is-the-season-for-gifting-medjool-dates/feed/ 0 Medjool Date Farming The Perils http://www.medjool-dates.com/blog/2011/09/23/medjool-date-farming-the-perils/ http://www.medjool-dates.com/blog/2011/09/23/medjool-date-farming-the-perils/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:58:00 +0000 Pina http://www.medjool-dates.com/blog/?p=334 You would think that nothing could be better than growing dates, since you don’t need anything out of the ordinary.  It seems like it should be a very safe activity, especially when you do not use pesticides to grow your medjool dates, but things are not always what they seem.  There are all kinds of hidden perils.  The fruit that is not good enough for consumption is disposed into the ground and fruit left on the date palm, likewise makes its way to the ground.  The fruit on the ground in turn brings field mice which in turn bring in field mice predators.  The primary predator for the field mouse is probably the local rattle snake and to a lesser extent owls and hawks.  The peril being the rattle snake.  If you are not careful you can step on a rattlesnake and get bitten by a rattlesnake when working on the date palms or harvesting.  Not too many people get bitten by rattle snakes, but it is definitely rattlesnake country.  When working on the tractor to clear the weeds you run the risk of getting caught on the date palm fronds.  On occasion you may fall grab from a date frond and tear your hand.  The fronds have thorns and dangerous so you get cuts and scratches, year round when you work on the date palms.  Medjool dates in particular are labor intensive and therefore require constant vigilance when working on the date palms.

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