New Years Eve in Waikoloa on the Big Island. I am here to work on the Waikoloa yard. I have shipped over 500 small plants from Maui. Everything worked smoothly from picking them up yesterday, packing them, having a agriculture inspection and shipping them via Aloha Air cargo.
When I arrived at 9:30 am in Kona there was a message 30 minutes prior that informed me the plants had arrived as well. Native Hawaiian Plants called Ilima papa with a small yellow flower and a blue flower plant which compliments them. They should form a ground cover up to 6 inches high. These plants will need little water which will compliment the Native dry land forest region they are in. I am to water them once every other day for 2 weeks. Then 2X a week for 2 weeks. Finally once a month at the most. They often fail from over watering. When I arrived Diane picked me up. She dropped me at the lot for my work to begin at 11am. As we entered Waikoloa I was stoked to see the Wiliwili Tree in Bloom. Mom and I had tried to get photo's in Sept out in Kanaio but they were not in bloom.
A young man, visiting his aunt who lives in my house, came out to help me. He and I worked hard removing grass stumps, trimming the Keawe tree and planting the Keiki plants. By 4:30 pm I had the sprinkler going and timer set. New Years eve I returned to my lot at 10am. Liko came out to help again. He is from Micronesia and miss's his home. We raked and bagged over 500lb of vegetative debris and dropped it at the Pohaku dump. I was home to Kamuela at 3pm for my evening flight home to steady the horses during the midnight fireworks. Than goodness I changed my flight and came home a day early. The Ariel fireworks were screaming and booming overhead. You can see the video of our arival at Honolulu International Airport.
When I arrived at 9:30 am in Kona there was a message 30 minutes prior that informed me the plants had arrived as well. Native Hawaiian Plants called Ilima papa with a small yellow flower and a blue flower plant which compliments them. They should form a ground cover up to 6 inches high. These plants will need little water which will compliment the Native dry land forest region they are in. I am to water them once every other day for 2 weeks. Then 2X a week for 2 weeks. Finally once a month at the most. They often fail from over watering. When I arrived Diane picked me up. She dropped me at the lot for my work to begin at 11am. As we entered Waikoloa I was stoked to see the Wiliwili Tree in Bloom. Mom and I had tried to get photo's in Sept out in Kanaio but they were not in bloom.
A young man, visiting his aunt who lives in my house, came out to help me. He and I worked hard removing grass stumps, trimming the Keawe tree and planting the Keiki plants. By 4:30 pm I had the sprinkler going and timer set. New Years eve I returned to my lot at 10am. Liko came out to help again. He is from Micronesia and miss's his home. We raked and bagged over 500lb of vegetative debris and dropped it at the Pohaku dump. I was home to Kamuela at 3pm for my evening flight home to steady the horses during the midnight fireworks. Than goodness I changed my flight and came home a day early. The Ariel fireworks were screaming and booming overhead. You can see the video of our arival at Honolulu International Airport.
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