Tag: Food Forest Journal

Cutting it close… I started getting nervous as we had friends visiting today and I didnt plant my tree for the day. The good thing is that I always have…

Man… what a beautiful day today and we got a lot done. I did some chopping and dropping in the orchard, mulched trees, pruned cacao trees, moved the new…

Today I divided up a Pitcairnia atrorubens and potted them into 4 pots. Pits don’t look like bromeliads at all but they are the 2nd largest genus of…

Today I planted a cacao tree. It’s been hot and sunny lately and the cacao beans that were drying are now ready. The total came out to 35 pounds. Now we…

Tonight I potted up more bromeliads that I got recently and here are some more bromeliad photos.

Today I planted Queen palm 🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴 #5. Phillip came over to trim some tall eucalyptus branches. He was swinging from tree to tree. Basically like Spiderman.

Today I planted a Handroanthus chrysanthus aka Golden trumpet tree that I got from Karl. In Venezuela it’s called araguaney and it’s their national tree….

Today I planted queen palm #4 🌴🌴🌴🌴. These palms I’m planting were all sprouted about a year ago. I got the seeds from a friend in Kona. This tiny thing…

This is one of the best duck moments ever. The ducklings are about a week old by now. They are extremely frail for the first 10 days and a lot can go…

It’s been over 4 months since we got this honohono orchid, but it’s finally blooming. The fragrance of artificial strawberry bubblegum is drifting in the…