Category: Farm Diary

Today I planted an ackee tree that I got from Ken Love’s nursery. Originally brought to Jamaica from Africa on slave ships, this tropical fruit is highly…

Today I revived the worm bin with some Indian blues. These worms will eat half their weight per day. I set them up with a lot of over ripe bananas and…

Julia and I went adventuring on the Kona side this weekend. We’ve been married for 11 years now! I tell this story often, but on the day we met we built a…

Today I planted a cacao seedling tree that I sprouted in April. We planned a field trip today so I planted the tree early in the morning. Julia and I…

Today I planted two red button costus* that we got as cuttings. The yellowish shoots that emerge from the flowers are edible. They are kind of sweet and a…

Today I dug out a clump of lemon grass to divide up and I planted about 50 lemon grass slips in an area we call the terraces. We often use lemon grass for…

Today one of our neighbors hosted a small Hawaii Fire Ant Lab seminar. I was happy to see us 6 connected neighbors learning how to manage the infestation…

Today I planted a neem tree that I got from Yuri and they can get pretty tall. I’m pretty excited because his neem trees make really big seeds. From the…

Today I planted ma’o or Hawaiian cotton. It’s an endemic plant related to regular cotton except this one has short reddish brown hairs so it can’t be spun…

Today I planted a pohinahina that I got from Yuri. Pohinahina (Vitex rotundifolia) is a small indigenous shrub that is commonly used as a landscaping…