Na pua o Kapua (that's ME!)
Mama says "when you retire, you will need yardwork, so don't move from your place, it has things for you to keep busy". It is paradise today in Wakinekona. Yesterday the girls helped me weed and water the roadside part of the yard--they were spraying each other and squeeling too. So cute. We took the neighbor's 2 dogs for a walk-jog after the movies and lunch. In the evening we watched a movie and made some blonde brownies.
I've been learning about ice plants. Akulikuli is part of this family. Some varieties, especially in Hawai'i, grow in the cooler hills of Kula, Lana'i and Waimea, on the Big Island. The kind that grows in California are considered a noxious weed. I don't know what they are considered to be here, and we will be finding out soon! I will try and make a small lei! I planted this last year, after searching for the plant. You see, I saw it in someone's yard, and the temptation was to pull a couple of pieces and plant them in my yard. Although I use the term "beg, borrow and steal", I have trouble with the "stealing" part of the phrase. For the most part, if Wes hasn't okayed to buy the plants, I get them from friends when they are cutting back or splitting plants in early spring or fall when the weather is cooler. I found out from researching akulikuli and ice plants that they are growing them in beds floating on the Ala Wai Canal to keep the pollution down and lei makers have been trying to get out there to pick the flowers! They planted the canal last year! Interesting....
Anyhow, when our rocks get moved and topsoil gets put in for my little rock islands I hope to get a couple of fan palm trees. That's as close to "home" as I can get. I was kinda wondering if they would be good for pahu drums once grown to full size!
I don't do well with indoor plants, can't seem to get hibiscus and gardenias to bloom and grow once they drop the flowers they had when given to me! I'm happy with the pansies, carnations, peonies, hydrangea, roses and lavender and I wait every year to see how much the African lilies of the Nile and daylilies have clumped up so I can split them and make more plants. I love Japanese maples and bamboo too! Looks like there will be a lot of blues and pinks,purples, yellows, oranges and rusts someday when it all comes together!
Oh, I added a picture of MY chair and the trellis I finished putting u
I've been learning about ice plants. Akulikuli is part of this family. Some varieties, especially in Hawai'i, grow in the cooler hills of Kula, Lana'i and Waimea, on the Big Island. The kind that grows in California are considered a noxious weed. I don't know what they are considered to be here, and we will be finding out soon! I will try and make a small lei! I planted this last year, after searching for the plant. You see, I saw it in someone's yard, and the temptation was to pull a couple of pieces and plant them in my yard. Although I use the term "beg, borrow and steal", I have trouble with the "stealing" part of the phrase. For the most part, if Wes hasn't okayed to buy the plants, I get them from friends when they are cutting back or splitting plants in early spring or fall when the weather is cooler. I found out from researching akulikuli and ice plants that they are growing them in beds floating on the Ala Wai Canal to keep the pollution down and lei makers have been trying to get out there to pick the flowers! They planted the canal last year! Interesting....
Anyhow, when our rocks get moved and topsoil gets put in for my little rock islands I hope to get a couple of fan palm trees. That's as close to "home" as I can get. I was kinda wondering if they would be good for pahu drums once grown to full size!
I don't do well with indoor plants, can't seem to get hibiscus and gardenias to bloom and grow once they drop the flowers they had when given to me! I'm happy with the pansies, carnations, peonies, hydrangea, roses and lavender and I wait every year to see how much the African lilies of the Nile and daylilies have clumped up so I can split them and make more plants. I love Japanese maples and bamboo too! Looks like there will be a lot of blues and pinks,purples, yellows, oranges and rusts someday when it all comes together!
Oh, I added a picture of MY chair and the trellis I finished putting u
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