11-07-2022, 06:15 PM
Hey folks, don't beat me up on the ironwood. It was just a thought.
Few reasons, since ya'll asked:
1. I grew up on Oahu and Bellows beach was my childhood beach. A huge stand of ironwoods between the beach and the parking lot sticks in my memory. I liked the shade, the sounds of the wind, and the bed of soft needles underfoot.
2. They are free. Keiki ironwoods all over the place if you know where to look.
3. Grow fast
4. Windbreak
5. Shade
6. Looks like a lot of deliberately planted ironwoods in the neighborhood already.
The idea of preserving the surface of the pahoehoe and just putting a cabin up on it and laying down walking paths with cinder is.....food for thought. Certainly cheaper than calling in the excavator.
Cleaning up palms all day long, I'll consider myself warned.
Bananas and pineapples are a nice idea.
Few reasons, since ya'll asked:
1. I grew up on Oahu and Bellows beach was my childhood beach. A huge stand of ironwoods between the beach and the parking lot sticks in my memory. I liked the shade, the sounds of the wind, and the bed of soft needles underfoot.
2. They are free. Keiki ironwoods all over the place if you know where to look.
3. Grow fast
4. Windbreak
5. Shade
6. Looks like a lot of deliberately planted ironwoods in the neighborhood already.
The idea of preserving the surface of the pahoehoe and just putting a cabin up on it and laying down walking paths with cinder is.....food for thought. Certainly cheaper than calling in the excavator.
Cleaning up palms all day long, I'll consider myself warned.
Bananas and pineapples are a nice idea.