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# firefly estate
- URL: https://www.bradenanderin.com/firefly-plantation/
- Published: 2023-11-22T02:46:09.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-22T02:47:17.000Z
- Author: erin
- Tags: family, places we've been, fall

Yesterday we got invited by our neighbors to go to an old sugar cane plantation. 

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We got a tour of the old sugar mill property that started back in 1789\. We tried a bunch of different fruits, sugar cane, coconut, almonds and learned how they used to press the sugar cane. Fun fact for Austin - banana plants are constantly sprouting new plants because each plant only produces fruit once.

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star fruit

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golden apple

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green papaya

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sugar cane

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sugar cane

Another fun fact for Austin - the yellow ball in this coconut is a coconut apple. After a coconut falls from the tree the coconut milk starts thickening forming this ball which is where the new palm tree will sprout from.

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coconut

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frangipani caterpillar

After the tour we had lunch and the kids got to use the pool.

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coconut ice cream

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The property was about a 30 minute walk from where we docked the dinghy. Olivia is not a fan of walking unless it is an interesting hike, so she was very excited when a taxi stopped on our way back and asked if we wanted a ride.

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