Today I planted an ʻŌhiʻa tree that Tim sprouted from seed. I should’ve could’ve would’ve planted it three days ago on official ʻŌhiʻa lehua day which is every 4/25 in Hawaii.
According to Hawaiian legend there once lived a handsome man named ʻŌhiʻa who caught the eye of Pele the fire goddess. But ʻŌhiʻa was into a beautiful woman named Lehua and she liked him back. So Pele got super jealous about this and transformed ʻŌhiʻa into a gnarled tree. Lehua begged Pele to turn him back to normal but Pele refused. So Lehua convinced the other Hawaiian gods to turn her into a blossom that adorns the ʻŌhiʻa so they can be together FOREVER!!! That’s why they say if you pick lehua flowers off a ʻŌhiʻa tree and go up the mountain the two lovers will cry and rain will fall down.
Julia found one strawberry today from a random patch we planted years ago. We halved it for dessert.
Originally posted on 2021-04-28, part of the daily planting journal behind Ha’a Chocolate’s food forest on Hawai’i Island.