Tag: Ha’a Chocolate Farm

Today I planted a Casturi (Mangifera casturi) that I got from Joe Hewitt. This is a relative of the common mango (Mangifera indica) and is considered to…

Today I planted a cacao tree again.

Today I planted an African mahogany tree. This one’s been hanging out in a pot too long, but I couldn’t bring myself to throwing it into the compost. I…

Today I planted another cacao tree. This one is #118 all together. About 6 years ago when we were trying to figure out what would be our main crop Julia…

Today I planted a bunch of maile which is a fragrant native vine used for lei making. The scent of maile reminds me of graduation season, weddings, and…

Today I planted two more grafted cacao trees, a UH8 and UH3. Cleaned and organized the nursery and counted 24 more cacao trees ready to plant! I’m…

Today I planted a grafted cacao tree. This strain is called UH8 and is a University of Hawaii selection. In Hawaii we have all kinds of cacao strains and…

Today I planted another cacao tree and I rolled out a new row of weed mat to plant more white pineapples. The pineapples that were planted two summers ago…

With all this rain we’re getting planting trees is pretty easy going. Today I planted a cacao tree. This is #113. Im thinking about harvesting the next…

Went to Kona and when I returned home in the afternoon it was pouring down rain. Today we planted another lemon verbena and now that the days are getting…