Tag: Ha’a Chocolate Farm

Today I planted another wiliwili tree below a pheasantwood that I plan on phasing out. This is the third wiliwili tree that we planted. Its feeling like…

Tonight I went on a planting spree. I planted two varieties of the coleus cuttings that I potted up a month ago. Two mystery ‘cardamoms’, a mamaki, and I…

I somehow found two more spots to plant atom trees aka Dacryodes macrophylla. I planted three of these earlier this year and since you need females and a…

Earlier today Adam and I had a Kavalactones jam session so I decided to plant an awa moi which is one of the noble Hawaiian varieties of kava. Sharing the…

Today I planted another koa’ia tree. This year I must have planted well over 200 trees on 2.6 acres (1ha.) and people ask me, “Are you running out of…

Tonight I trekked through the blizzard and planted another cacao tree… In case you didn’t hear about it, Hawaii is under a winter blizzard warning. But…

Julia and I got home late after adventuring around Hawi with our friend Joyce. When we returned home I planted another blackberry vine along the garden…

Today I planted six Tongan spinach or bele cuttings that Miller and Thao brought from their garden on Oahu. It’s the most nutritious vegetable from…

Today I planted a sandalwood tree late at night. It’s a new moon or something and it was pitch black outside. I planted the tree at the base of a Egyptian…

lts the most wonderful time of the year. When the first round of the cacao harvest commenses. We had a cracking party with Tim and Hilary. I felt great…