We had another busy weekend, with the excitement of a tsunami, a birthday celebration and some farm work.
GB started it off by working on Friday and produced this lovely row of bananas (williams) that we had just picked up in Honoka'a the previous day.
Saturday was the tsunami day and once the all clear was sounded, we went ahead with plans for a birthday celebration for GB.
Sunday we set out to plant the 2 avocado trees GB got for his bday.
There were a bunch of trees (mostly waiwi) in the way of where the avos would go, so GB pulled out the chainsaw. No problemo, right?
He got the chainsaw stuck. No problemo, right?
After freeing the stuck chainsaw, more trees were downed. I went down to the house to get some water and the kids told me something was wrong with the phone. UH OH! The phone line that GB and I worked SO hard to lay was RIGHT where we were downing trees! A quick check confirmed my worst suspicions.
Wire (very thick- think pinkie width) is severed. Severed phone. Severed DSL.
Since there was no internet, Ra'am was available to dig.
I sat and marveled at things close to the ground
And we managed to get 2 avo trees planted. One Kahalu'u and one Sharwil.
KAHALUU: Ripe in the Fall (August-October) but an alternate bearer (every other year). A large, oblong fruit with a tiny seed and green skin. The best-flavored Hawaiian variety.
SHARWIL: Most popular with commercial growers. Has a long and heavy bearing season throughout the winter months (November-February). Medium size, pear-shaped fruit with a small seed, high oil content, and a green rough skin. "Sharwil" is a regular bearer.
GB prepped the areas-- but here he's moving a big hairy clump of a different kind of grass that's softer-- to edge the Bierman grass
Our lemon tree in the chicken run is LADEN with flowers. They smell sooooo good-- and this is just a small portion of them!
Ra'am has been working on giving these Malay Dwarf bamboo a big and much needed haircut. Looks great!
And those bad chickens!!! They've been giving very few eggs recently.... found out why. Down in their run, where I can't see, I found this large clutch of 14 eggs!!! I need to see if they're fresh. but 14?!?
all in all, a great family work day!
Saturday was the tsunami day and once the all clear was sounded, we went ahead with plans for a birthday celebration for GB.
He got the chainsaw stuck. No problemo, right?
After freeing the stuck chainsaw, more trees were downed. I went down to the house to get some water and the kids told me something was wrong with the phone. UH OH! The phone line that GB and I worked SO hard to lay was RIGHT where we were downing trees! A quick check confirmed my worst suspicions.
Wire (very thick- think pinkie width) is severed. Severed phone. Severed DSL.
I sat and marveled at things close to the ground
And we managed to get 2 avo trees planted. One Kahalu'u and one Sharwil.
KAHALUU: Ripe in the Fall (August-October) but an alternate bearer (every other year). A large, oblong fruit with a tiny seed and green skin. The best-flavored Hawaiian variety.