Homesteading in Hawaii

We have a rather sticky-ly thorny bush here that grows in patches on my homestead place. I've known it as thimbleberry since moving here...

So many people automatically assume that all my crop residue goes to making compost. Not so! Since I have a multitude of other sources for ...

I keep getting requests for a list of fresh foods that are safe to feed to rabbits. I'm not here to tell you what to feed your rabbit. I...

Kristin liked the picture of my rabbits eating flowers and mailed back about the bowls she saw in the rabbit pens. She asked what the bowls ...

Kristin asked via email, "Do your rabbits really eat flowers? What kinds?" Yes, they do indeed get some flowers. I figure it adds ...

Finally we've gotten our first rabbits bred. Wow, another plateau reached. First was getting the rabbitry created. The next was successf...

I hope this list helps other local rabbit keepers. So far on the list of edibles are-- ...cucumbers & the leaves  ...bananas, plus leave...

The rabbits are now 6 months old and ready to start being bred. So I examined each one individually, checking their physical condition and r...

I'm still investigating what the rabbits will eat.  Lemons.  I threw some lemons into their pens just out of curiosity, though I didn...

..."the rabbit died"  Before pregnancy tests could be purchased at the drugstore, determining if a woman was pregnant involved inj...

I've been working out a diet list for the rabbits, trying to figure out what and how much of the local feed stuffs they will eat. So not...

I've been fairly quiet this week because I've been rather busy. The kukui and macnuts are dropping, so I've been busy processing...

I've finally officially added rabbits to the homestead plan. This week I picked up a dozen youngsters from a local meat breeder. While I...