tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post3698307851564486686..comments2024-03-27T15:54:10.505-07:00Comments on Homesteading in Hawaii: Utilizing UrineSu Bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09125127467859054156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post-23977652542950531272013-04-15T17:08:13.784-07:002013-04-15T17:08:13.784-07:00Oh how I miss New Jersey peaches! I use to be able...Oh how I miss New Jersey peaches! I use to be able to go out into the woods and pick pears, apples, blueberries, huckleberries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, and concord grapes. But of course, now I can pick mangos, bananas, guavas, loquats, etc. Just different, but still good. <br /><br />I haven't had a good peach or Melrose apple in over 10 years. And you can't buy real apple cider here. And the store bought blueberries are tasteless compared to what we use to pick. But am I ready to go back to the mainland? Naw. <br /><br />I can remember that raspberries and blackberries were weeds that nobody wanted. Elderberries were allowed to rot. Here they are treasured, if you can get them at all. Blueberries are super expensive here. In NJ I use to buy them for 5 pints for a dollar, can you believe that! <br /><br />Oh well. Barry, I can't imagine the bananas grown so laboriously there are any better than store bought. As you know, bananas here have real flavor. Bananas are so common here that they are hard to give away. Su Bahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125127467859054156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post-37354387674622427172013-04-15T09:17:27.684-07:002013-04-15T09:17:27.684-07:00Here's another posting about peeing:
http://ww...Here's another posting about peeing:<br />http://www.nwedible.com/2013/03/how-to-use-pee-in-your-garden.html<br />More commonplace than folks might admit, but your observations are correct. I only wish we could grow banana so easy - I have heard of a few folks who dug up the plant for winter storage, then planted it out in the springtime, maybe got fruit, but that's not practical. To make up for it, we can grow tons of apples, pears, blueberries....and here, the millions of blackberries are invasive monsters, treated like weeds. Like the guava there, no?Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483102573957001593noreply@blogger.com