05-08-2024, 08:15 AM
This month: food forest design and installation. We'll use the brand new mini food forest at the front of the property as a case study in designing tree placement, laying out paths and beds, choosing species by form and function, and incorporating native plants. We'll also discuss sourcing and propagating plants, preparing the site, and short- to long-term maintenance.
DAY: Sunday, May 12
CLASS: 11 AM til noon: Food forest design & installation
TOUR: noon til 1, with time to chat or wander more afterwards.
PLANT GIVEAWAY: 1 PM
WHERE: Pahoa Urban Food Forest (PUFF), between Habitat Tattoo and the County Council building. (The building doesn't have any identifying signs yet.) We'll begin in the front by the street, but if you come later, walk through the side gate to find us.
ADDRESS: 15-2881 Pahoa Village Rd, Pahoa
PARK: Across the street in the parking lot next to NAPA Auto Parts.
COST: free
We'll share seeds and starts of several species, including:
Ulu "Ma'afala" small seedlings - *Artocarpus communis*
Ice cream bean - *Inga edulis* (probably) - great nitrogen-fixing chop and drop, and yummy fruit if it's allowed to become a large tree
Achira seedling - *Canna edulis* - low maintenance herbaceous root crop, biomass, and ornamental
Jamaican cherry - *Muntingia calabura* - tree maybe 30' (can be kept smaller), small tasty fruit
Mitsuba - *Cryptotaenia japonica* - AKA Japanese parsley, 2' herbaceous plant.
Pigeon pea seed - Cajanus cajan
Air potato bulbils - *Dioscorea bulbifera*
Mint potato - *Plectranthus rotundifolius*
Bele AKA edible hibiscus - *Abelmoschus manihot*
Chaya - *Cnidoscolus chayamansa*
Cassava - *Manihot esculenta*
Longevity spinach - *Gynura procumbens*
Katuk - *Sauropus androgynus*
...and more...
DAY: Sunday, May 12
CLASS: 11 AM til noon: Food forest design & installation
TOUR: noon til 1, with time to chat or wander more afterwards.
PLANT GIVEAWAY: 1 PM
WHERE: Pahoa Urban Food Forest (PUFF), between Habitat Tattoo and the County Council building. (The building doesn't have any identifying signs yet.) We'll begin in the front by the street, but if you come later, walk through the side gate to find us.
ADDRESS: 15-2881 Pahoa Village Rd, Pahoa
PARK: Across the street in the parking lot next to NAPA Auto Parts.
COST: free
We'll share seeds and starts of several species, including:
Ulu "Ma'afala" small seedlings - *Artocarpus communis*
Ice cream bean - *Inga edulis* (probably) - great nitrogen-fixing chop and drop, and yummy fruit if it's allowed to become a large tree
Achira seedling - *Canna edulis* - low maintenance herbaceous root crop, biomass, and ornamental
Jamaican cherry - *Muntingia calabura* - tree maybe 30' (can be kept smaller), small tasty fruit
Mitsuba - *Cryptotaenia japonica* - AKA Japanese parsley, 2' herbaceous plant.
Pigeon pea seed - Cajanus cajan
Air potato bulbils - *Dioscorea bulbifera*
Mint potato - *Plectranthus rotundifolius*
Bele AKA edible hibiscus - *Abelmoschus manihot*
Chaya - *Cnidoscolus chayamansa*
Cassava - *Manihot esculenta*
Longevity spinach - *Gynura procumbens*
Katuk - *Sauropus androgynus*
...and more...