Sunday the 27th we returned to Maku’u farmers market to pick up some more fruit. The first thing I wanted to show you is these two Mango’s we got, they are kind of expensive at $2 ea but damn they are tasty. What’s weird is the meat reminds me of that of a pumpkin, very […]
As many of you already know, Hawaii is a very different place then the upper 49 states. Hawaiian history is very violent and a lot of the locals are seemingly crazy. I’ve said before that this place is very much the third world version of America. They have laws against everything! I think it’s […]
Our first greenhouse is up and running. Mike threw this beauty together in record timing, he is quite the carpenter! The pouring rain put up a good fight but Mike prevailed. Having a home for our produce is very important, mainly because of the mass amount of rain and insects. We have just a few plants started […]
Bonny and I have been here almost a full 2 moths now and we’ve had plenty of time to become acclimated to the local climate. Our small ranch/compound is at around 2,000′ in elevation. Winter here is very much like a summer night in the mountains of Idaho but much wetter. It gets hot during […]
With a little help from a local Idahoan (Zak), we were able to get our water catchment tank set up this week. I built a small stand for the base and then we muscled it into place. Ten foot of gutter from the home depot and a little trip to the plumbing department and we […]