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Hawaiian Acres - Bryce Kennedy - 02-16-2007
I'm looking into making the Big Move to Puna from the SF Bay Area. I would like a 3 acre parcel and the listings for Hawaiian Acres and Fern Forest Estates are intriguing. Can anyone tell me what life is like there? I've heard some negative things, but not from actual residents. Also, how is the weather impacted by the elevation in these areas?
RE: Hawaiian Acres - jdirgo - 02-16-2007
It will definitely be cooler and rainier in FFVE than in Hawaiian Acres (due in part to elevation). Roads in both places are highly variable -- some good, some horrible.
John Dirgo, RA, ABR, e-PRO
Island Trust Properties, LLC
808-987-9243 cell
http://www.hawaiirealproperty.com
RE: Hawaiian Acres - Scott_S - 02-17-2007
My wife and I have a place in HA we visit about every 6 months, we like it well enough. There are alot of different lots available, some with soil some with very little. Temperatures at night can get down to around 50, so I would imagine FFVE must go at least 5 degress below that. There is alot of building going on, more people going for walks on the roads, riding horses, and less junk cars now.
Scott
RE: Hawaiian Acres - Kapohocat - 02-18-2007
How are more people going for walks on the roads when the avg speed on 8 rd has climbed from 10-15 mph to more than 50 ??? And i have seen 4WD's buzzing through the the dirt roads too!
RE: Hawaiian Acres - robguz - 02-20-2007
You might look at Fern Acres too. 2 acre lots, but a nicer neighborhood with some better roads than Hawaiian Acres.
RE: Hawaiian Acres - Scott_S - 02-24-2007
Hey Cat, I am not sure what to make of your post, I call as I see it, by the way thanks again for the coconut palms.
Scott
RE: Hawaiian Acres - Momi - 02-25-2007
I love Hawaiian acres. I escpecially like the roads that are less developed and the kick back lifestyle. I just took a little walk on our Rd. today and it was peaceful and uplifting. Because I know my neighbors, and get along with them, I feel safe. This is not always the case in every road in Hawaiian acres. So far, I can't imagine myself anywhere else when I retire. I am concerned about it becoming over crowded and although progress is inevitable, if we can educate people of our lifestyle, and preserve that, then I welcome people to the community.
RE: Hawaiian Acres - Scott_S - 02-28-2007
Hi Momi, I was wondering how much soil you have at your lot, ours, hardly any? We end up planting in every crevice and low spot we can find. Citrus trees haven't done well, but our mango and quava have. We gave our neighbor some of our baby bromelaids and gingers and he gave us a koa tree and an iron wood, way cool. We only get over every six months or so, and when we do we spend most of our time planting or taking care of the plants. Suits me just fine.
Scott and Julie
RE: Hawaiian Acres - Momi - 02-28-2007
Hi Scott,
We don't have much soil. We had to bring in cinders and we are currently trying to order another load of cinder soil. We also decided to plant in crevices and also made a raised bed for a vegetable garden and hope to make more when we move there in a few years. We are pumping alot of plants into the ground that seem to be surviving although I must say, our citris trees need magnesium. We actually plant more of what does well and sometimes give up on what doesn't. We have figs, plums, mountain apple, `ulu (breadfruit), bamboo (non invasive), sugi pines lining the lot, a whole collection of ti's, herbs and medicinals. I'm also trying to create a leimaking area which is great for preserving the greenery we already had on the lot some of this lei making greenery also is medicine and it was already there on the lot so we will try to preserve that. Soil is definitley an ammenity on our lot and we've also tried to bring in mulch from the county which can be scary cause I heard there can also be termites in it but it helps to hold in the cinders and keep them from washing away so I'm taking my chances since we don't yet have a real house there. I've decided that we will try our best to keep things as organic as possible. Our farm is still young so we don't have anything really fruiting yet. but everything except the citrus seems to do well. Our neighbors have citrus trees going off with fruit though so it is probably the magnesium deficiancy. We have lots of citrus but need to fertilize them which I did two weekends ago so I'm keeping an eye on them. Our one koa tree seems to be surviving although it looked for a while like it had a wood borer in it. We just let it go cause we didn't want to use any poison on it and it is still growing. We also bought a small chipper so we can trim back the plants we don't want and turn it into soil. For a long time, we hauled the cinders by wheelbarrow but now have a second hand little tractor with a trailer so now we can get more trees in the ground further to the back of our lot. Good luck Scott. Maybe we will meet one day.Welcome to you and Julie to the neghborhood.
Just to let everyone know. Since we have such an influx of people who want to move here. Currently, 90% of our food in Hawai`i is imported. If you would like to be safe in the future (re: National Security on our harbors) you might want to consider growing your own food. There is no better time then the present to start growing fruit trees. This way we don't have to rely on the barges coming in every week to eat.
Edited by - momi on 02/28/2007 17:04:59
RE: Hawaiian Acres - Easygoing - 03-01-2007
Aloha Momi,
You said, "we have such a influx of people who want to move here". I wonder if you know what the actual figures are on in-migration. I know North Carolina is No. 1 and Oregon is No. 2 for new residents, I could not find where the Big Island or even all of Hawaii falls in this list. I would think it is hard to keep track, because so many people get disenchanted and move back to the mainland, after a short while.