Need some thoughts. We are about to purchase a home in which it was just disclosed that the septic was not finaled. We are out of our inspection period and we need to sign off on the property disclosure tomorrow the 21st. Originally, our agent advised they could not find any information regarding the septic system or a cesspool through the health department. We received the property disclosure days ago, but the listing agent just sent the septic information yesterday. The question is: it seems for the septic system to be finaled out now, we would need to have it excavated along with the drainfield for the inspector to review? This seems extensive and rather a problem and perhaps pricey?

Our orchard is at a lull in sweet fruit production right now.  We have a big smoothie every morning, but occasionally need to supplement homegrown with a few things from roadside fruit stands as needed.

Our banana supplier has stopped selling, he charged $1.25/lb.  Papayas seem high at 3 for $5, especially since I had paid 10/$1 in the good old days.

So my question is, where do you find the best prices for bananas and papayas in Puna?  Preferably open most days, so not Maku’u Market.

(07-17-2026, 06:48 AM)HiloJulie Wrote: I get the feeling that if one asked Greggor where Hawaii gets its oil from, his answer would be NAPA Auto Parts or Aloha Gas Station. I am sure Greggor will do wonders for the Puna resident in getting more studies for a boat ramp that will never be built and a road that also will never be built. And you can't go wrong with his stance on PGV and other geothermal possibilities as being "as long as it's done right."

At any event, Tam Hunt for Hawaii House District 4. A good read on Tam's take of Hawaii's new HB 1728, now Act 209, signed into law on July 8th: (Greggor co-introduced this bill. Did he ever mention it to any of you? Get your take on it? Involve you?)

How HB 1728 opens the door to government over-reach on watch catchment | by Tam Hunt | Jul, 2026 | Medium

This one is for you Tom.  Mahalo to The Ulster-Scots (Scots-Irish)!

   

21 minute video with interviews of Big Island farmers and fruit growers.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d9RHEL0...view?pli=1

A feral baby pig showed up in our back yard Saturday. He is skinny but relatively healthy. Keeping it is not an option for us. Any advice of what we should do with him?

He may have just cooked his campaign to a loss.

This is my DRAFT statement on PGV after significant dialogue with the community and various people who have followed this plant and its issues for many years. 

Please let me know your thoughts in terms of errors, oversights, etc. 

I'm genuinely interested in your feedback. 

Here's the quick summary:
▪ We need to hold PGV accountable — after decades of it getting a free pass, time and time again.
▪ This is a pocketbook issue, not just a Puna issue. You do not have to live within a mile of the plant to pay for it. Every household on this island pays for PGV on its electric bill — about 15–20¢ per kilowatt-hour all-in, against 8–9¢ for the solar-plus-storage we should be building instead.
▪ Thirty years and about $100,000 in fines. A $23,700 state penalty and a $76,500 federal one — at a plant that will collect $28.2 million a year through 2052. That is not accountability. It is a rounding error.
▪ A higher bar. PGV will probably serve our grid for many more years. It must finally meet binding emissions limits, real-time public monitoring, funded enforcement, host-community authority, and aquifer protection.
▪ No further expansion, and no new drilling in Lava Zone 1. Beyond the repower regulators have already approved, new generation on this island should be solar, wind, and storage — cheaper, safer, cleaner, and not sitting on an active rift zone.
▪ Stop spending public money to prove the resource. $15 million requested for exploration on DHHL lands, and $40–50 million in proposed test drilling, are dollars that could go to Hawaiian homestead allocations, roads, and classrooms.

Two years ago we bought some bare root fruit trees from Paradise Plants.  The persimmon is growing nicely in Volcano, and now has its first fruit!

   

I’m just curious about who’s actually building here anymore.
It seems like everyone on this forum just argues about everything.
I’m guessing we’ve all just aged out?
I miss the creativity, experience, and solid knowledge.