Category: Farm Diary

Today I planted a koa’ia after a long day of adventuring. Koa’ia is a slow growing, low elevation compact koa tree. It produces a dense, highly desirable…

Today I planted an ‘iliahi, the Hawaiian sandalwood. This is one of six that I got at the state nursery plant sale. Sandalwood is extremely difficult to…

Today I planted a Citrus wintersii aka brown river finger lime which is from the brown river region of Papua New Guinea. It was formerly called…

Today is Julia’s birthday! I planted a bunch of potted flowers in Julia’s garden, her most favorite place in the world. We started the 2500 square foot…

Today I planted a grip of the black ti leaf cuttings in a line about 6 feet apart. I’m intending to plant a long line of them along one of the pathways…

Today I planted orchids on a coconut tree I just killed. We planted this coconut about 5 years ago. We were given a “Dwarf Samoan” coconut seedling and it…

Today I planted another rare red fruit tree… a red longan. Longan is originally from the lower slopes of the Himalayas and in northern Thailand. Along…

Today I planted a rare red custard apple tree called Annona spinescens that I got from Joe. It grows wild in northern Brazil and the fruit tastes sweet…

Today I planted another popoulu plantain. Many of the swords I planted earlier this year are producing or have produced its first rack of bananas already….

Today I planted a madu, or honey mango (Mangifera lalijiwa) that I got from Joe. This is a mango from Indonesia and since it is resistant to anthracnose…