Homesteading in Hawaii

If one doesn't want to deal with wood rot, then don't live in the tropics! Even the so-called treated exterior wood rots here, espec...

I liked the woodsy effect that the crooked tree branches made at the back entrance of the house, so it wasn't  long before my mind start...

It's been a long haul, but the concrete pathway project is complete! The path now circumnavigates the house, has a branch off going to t...

Things have been busy this past week on the farm..... ...unexpectedly caught a swarm of bees and had to quickly get a hive ready for them. S...

I'm within 20' of being done!!!!!! Here's an update..... Since my last photos, several more sections are done. The little patio ...

The concrete pathway around the house is growing. To date, it's encircling the house  3/4s  of the way. What you're seeing in these ...

What started out months ago as a path to go from the car parking area to the front door in order to avoid wet slippery spots (think = falls)...

Progress is slowly moving along in spite of the rain. Only one small section at a time is getting built, little bit by little bit, the path ...

The topic of food waste has been hitting the news quite a bit. And I  recently read in the National Geographic Magazine that 21% of food at ...

Crusty, the farm dog, has a habit I wish to modify. Up until now he'd take a shortcut under the house in order to get to the other side ...

Now that the walking path is getting done, I'm cleaning up the area between the path and the house in order to make pretty gardens. Oh, ...

With all the recent rain, there hasn't been much opportunity to work with cement. But happily, there has been a few sunny mornings latel...

What's it like to deal with daily rain? Well, it affects lots of things. One is the walking paths around the house. After a while the gr...

Down by the community garden site, we erected a shade tarp arrangement to use as a lunch area for the garden volunteers. Nice shade. Decent ...

Curious people have been asking me what my farm layout looks like.  This is a rough drawing. It's 20 acres, more or less. And it's a...

Well, I've obviously filled up all my available time allotted for working each day. Filled it up so completely that I no longer have tim...

This year Hawaii has seen a number of hurricanes heading it's way. So far, they have just brought rain, plenty of it. Areas have been fl...

I'm a big advocate of having a good selection  of medical supplies on hand. I guess that comes from having had a career in a medical fie...