Anekona

But still winter in Hawaii

Posted on 04.16.18 under Anekona

Or maybe it’s the beginning of spring. There were 2 weeks of rain but the last 5 days, it has not…

Got to get out of the house sometimes…

Posted on 12.13.17 under Anekona, aquaponics, maui

After ten years, Christopher Dolder (a Martha Graham soloist) came back to the scene of the original lot. Starting with “grubbing” the land of cane grass and heavily pruning the macadamia nut trees, then grading the land in preparation for building.

But before construction began, Christopher left to teach modern dance at SMU. Talk about eclectic!

We did some work and then hit the road…

Posted on 12.06.16 under Anekona, haiku

Anekona, looking makai — where organically grown ag takes place.

Made a labor-for-huli trade with Jonah and his mom. I worked for half a day at their farm in Haiku and got about 50 huli in return. I planted these the next day at Anekona and should be getting taro in a year.

Kalaupapa was the leper colony on Molokai established in the 1870s. The Kalaupapa Post Office had this shirt a couple of years ago. Cathy, Jonah’s mom, wears this one. She is a tireless farmer!

Planted out most of the lower and upper mala with taro.

America Artistinal Fruit each get their own trophy and life history written in a little storybook. And this Wireless Pineapple comes with bluetooth so you can listen to music, blog, post to Instagram, twitter, and FB. Voice recognition make a keyboard obsolete. But wait there’s more! A 4K video camera that takes 24 mb stills as you film makes this the perfect vacation accessory. Until the fruit is eaten or rots, of course.

The Anekona Kale is more tender than any other kale you have eaten. Usually kale requires some bruising or massaging to break it down.

Picked and dried a gallon-sized ziplock bag of coffee. It’s surprising how different it is than “store-bought.”

Honolulu – Kahului

Posted on 11.25.16 under Anekona, Uncategorized

This is the lower mala at Anekona before it got cleaned up.

This is Brandy’s place. Bobby Pahia “leases” it and is contemplating planting an organic ground cover. He has been a traditional farmer using fertilizers and herbicides. His kalo is huge…