Category: Farm Diary

Today I planted a pandan aka Pandanus amaryllifolius which is in the same family as the Hawaiian hala tree. The leaves of the fragrant and edible pandan…

Today I planted a fig tree that I got from Ken. Yesterday he decided to pull it out of the ground and he asked me if I wanted to plant it. The really cool…

I rarely leave the house these days but when I do, 2 out of 3 times it looks like a jungle in the car when I come home. I planted a cacao tree early this…

Today I took a break from the pineapples and I planted five kalo huli in our new kalo library. This area is where we used to grow pineapples for about…

Today I planted another 200 or so white pineapples. We ate a lot of pineapples this summer and there are only a handful left to pick. We always save the…

Today I planted about 100 white pineapple slips and tops we’ve been saving and there are a lot more to plant. I tilled a long row with manure and dolomite…

Today I planted a wild citrus endemic to Japan called tachibana. The tree and fruits are mentioned in poetry from the early Japanese Ryukyuu kingdoms. The…

Today I planted three awa nene which is one of the noble Hawaiian varieties that makes green stalks with spots on them. I planted them between some cacao…

Today was a surprisingly busy day for me and I planted an oregano in the border of the garden this evening with a flash light on. Holly from the Mala’ai…

Today I planted a soursop tree that I grew from a seed exactly 200 days ago. We got this strain from Adam and it produces fiberless soursops. The fruit…