06-14-2014, 03:16 PM
welcome! 
nice to see a good post from a Puna newbie....
avos, mangos, etc should all be FREE, once you get some good connections.... some eco-village kine places I hang at down in lower Puna make you hold out your shirt bottom and they fill it full of avos before you can leave....
Coqui frogs are no big deal, good to see a newbie not bothered by them... some have bought their home after a visit during the day time,,, then find out they want to sell the first night after a sleepless night... it takes a few days but most do get used to them or even like them... Roosters are #@*%&! I agree, and you will see they crow all day long too, not just the early mornings...
Local fresh free range organic grass fed beef (ie $3.99 ground beef at Foodland) is unheard of for most of the mainland... I have friends on mainland that if they want similar, need to buy expensive frozen stuff from Argentina from places like Trader Joes etc....
Rural/desolate is right... ie best example... only 11 traffic lights in all of Puna!!... 11 in 500 square miles of land ...on average a single traffic signal for every 45 sq miles is 100% paradise IMO! lol
Puna = 500 sq miles/ 46,000 people... 90 people/sq mile
Oahu = 596 sq miles/980,000 people... 1,650 people/sq mile (not including tourists)
PS they call it 'Orchidland' because of all the Bamboo Orchids growing wild here in mid-upper Puna....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundina
Our naturalized Bamboo Orchids are the thickest in the state... they were air seeded by plane here for cattle fodder in early 20th Century. Some people even try for sell the bamboo orchid keiki on eBay sometimes... They are not really blooming right now, but you will see soon how many we have when they 'go off'... we also have 2 naturalized fluted leaf ground type, the Philippine Ground Orchids (small purplish-pink orchids), and Chinese Ground Orchids aka 'Nun Orchid' (larger white/brown orchid)
aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
nice to see a good post from a Puna newbie....
avos, mangos, etc should all be FREE, once you get some good connections.... some eco-village kine places I hang at down in lower Puna make you hold out your shirt bottom and they fill it full of avos before you can leave....
Coqui frogs are no big deal, good to see a newbie not bothered by them... some have bought their home after a visit during the day time,,, then find out they want to sell the first night after a sleepless night... it takes a few days but most do get used to them or even like them... Roosters are #@*%&! I agree, and you will see they crow all day long too, not just the early mornings...
Local fresh free range organic grass fed beef (ie $3.99 ground beef at Foodland) is unheard of for most of the mainland... I have friends on mainland that if they want similar, need to buy expensive frozen stuff from Argentina from places like Trader Joes etc....
Rural/desolate is right... ie best example... only 11 traffic lights in all of Puna!!... 11 in 500 square miles of land ...on average a single traffic signal for every 45 sq miles is 100% paradise IMO! lol
Puna = 500 sq miles/ 46,000 people... 90 people/sq mile
Oahu = 596 sq miles/980,000 people... 1,650 people/sq mile (not including tourists)
PS they call it 'Orchidland' because of all the Bamboo Orchids growing wild here in mid-upper Puna....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundina
Our naturalized Bamboo Orchids are the thickest in the state... they were air seeded by plane here for cattle fodder in early 20th Century. Some people even try for sell the bamboo orchid keiki on eBay sometimes... They are not really blooming right now, but you will see soon how many we have when they 'go off'... we also have 2 naturalized fluted leaf ground type, the Philippine Ground Orchids (small purplish-pink orchids), and Chinese Ground Orchids aka 'Nun Orchid' (larger white/brown orchid)
aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha