11-22-2010, 02:19 PM
The dry side has different plant pests. I gardened over there too. One of the most rampant is haole koa. It doesn't need ANY rain to flourish, and it's just as hard to kill as waiwi. It makes a ton of seeds, and every seed it makes seems to sprout and take root. I battled it in Waikoloa Village, which gets under 20 inches of rain a year.
One of the best non-invasive (clumping) bamboos for a dry climate is the otatea ... the Mexican weeping bamboo. It makes a good screen. It does need irrigation to get established.
I would also worry about someone coming along and scooping the good plants into a pickup truck and driving off with them.
Back to your original question, I was told that it's perfectly legal to camp on your own land, and many people do it. I have a friend who has been coming to HOVE for two months in the winter for years. He did build a small cabin. Sadly, if he leaves anything at all of value to him, it is stolen while he is on the mainland, and I mean anything of conceivable value.
One of the best non-invasive (clumping) bamboos for a dry climate is the otatea ... the Mexican weeping bamboo. It makes a good screen. It does need irrigation to get established.
I would also worry about someone coming along and scooping the good plants into a pickup truck and driving off with them.
Back to your original question, I was told that it's perfectly legal to camp on your own land, and many people do it. I have a friend who has been coming to HOVE for two months in the winter for years. He did build a small cabin. Sadly, if he leaves anything at all of value to him, it is stolen while he is on the mainland, and I mean anything of conceivable value.