Tag: Food Forest Journal

Today I planted a camu camu tree that I sprouted from seed almost 2 years ago. Camu camu is a fruit from South America and is related to jaboticaba. It’s…

Today I planted a manele aka Hawaiian soapberry which is a native tree usually found growing in high elevation rainforests. This is one of the few native…

Today we planted two Ko’oko’olau in the garden which is in the bidens family but I’m not sure exactly which one this is. It’s a small short lived shrub…

Today I planted Ilex paraguariensis aka yerba mate which is a tree from South America that can grow to about 40 feet. The dried leaves are soaked in hot…

Today I planted four more dragon fruits and the row is getting longer. In the cacao orchard the pods are starting to develop. From this stage it takes…

Feeling ambitious, I planted not only one but four dragon fruits. Actually I had a pretty busy day and I did my planting right at dusk which is at 7:23…

I harvested this giant jackfruit today. We have to pick it green or else the fruits start to split open. I think Hilary is going to make hummus with the…

Today I planted a marang tree and it’s maybe one of my favorite fruits that I tried so far. I sprouted the seeds from a fruit that I got from Joe in June…

There are some parts of the food forest where the canopy is starting to close up. In this low light environment the grasses are struggling to grow now….

Today we planted some peanut sprouts that we got from Donna. It’s been a while since we planted a patch of peanuts in the garden. I think last time we…