09-06-2024, 01:19 AM
This month: integrating chickens in your foodscape. Chickens can devour bags of expensive feed while wreaking devastation on your gardens...or they can forage to feed themselves while increasing crop resiliency and yields. The difference is in design: how we guide chicken-plant interactions. We'll talk about barrier options for runs and paddocks, how to encourage foraging while protecting against predators, and how to grow a calorie-dense self-serve buffet for your chickens. If you have experience with what works (or doesn't), we welcome your observations in the discussion!
DAY: Sunday, September 8
DISCUSSION: 11 AM til noon: Integrating chickens in your foodscape
TOUR: noon til 1, with time to chat or wander more afterwards.
PLANT GIVEAWAY: 1 PM
WHERE: Pahoa Urban Food Forest (PUFF), at Living Planet Learning Center between Habitat Tattoo and the County Council building. (The building doesn't have any identifying signs yet.) 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
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Next month, October 13 - Eat the Weeds: edible wild plants
We hold regular work parties. If you'd like to learn hands-on, get in touch to find out our days and times!
We'll share seeds and starts of several species, including:
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 - *Canna edulis* - Vigorous, highly productive clone making roots with hardly any fibers
Canary nut? - probably *Canarium indicum*
Butterfly pea seed - *Clitoria ternatea* - nitrogen-fixing ornamental and edible vine
Perennial lima bean seed - *Phaseolus lunatus*
Posh-te - *Annona scleroderma* - fruit tree related to cherimoya and sugar apple, does well in windward lowland Hawai'i
Mitsuba - *Cryptotaenia japonica* - AKA Japanese parsley, 2' herbaceous plant.
Pigeon pea seed - *Cajanus cajan*
Lemon balm - *Melissa officinalis*
Orange mint / Bergamot - *Mentha aquatica citrata*
African blue basil - *Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum* 'Dark Opal'
Clove basil - *Ocimum gratissimum* - large bush with clove-tasting leaves
Nunum basil - *Ocimum gratissimum* - large bush with leaves good for pesto
Bouillon plant - *Cordia verbenacea*
Inca nut / sacha inchi- *Plukenetia volubilis*
Vanilla vine
Pepper vine - *Piper nigrum*
taro - *Colocasia esculenta*
belemebe - *Xanthosoma brasiliense* - greens like taro without the need for prolonged cooking
Bele AKA edible hibiscus - *Abelmoschus manihot*
Chaya - *Cnidoscolus chayamansa*
Cassava - *Manihot esculenta*
Longevity spinach - *Gynura procumbens*
Katuk - *Sauropus androogynus*
Vietnamese coriander - *Persicaria odorata*
...and more...
Please share this event info with others who might be interested. Hope you can join us for any or all of it!
DAY: Sunday, September 8
DISCUSSION: 11 AM til noon: Integrating chickens in your foodscape
TOUR: noon til 1, with time to chat or wander more afterwards.
PLANT GIVEAWAY: 1 PM
WHERE: Pahoa Urban Food Forest (PUFF), at Living Planet Learning Center between Habitat Tattoo and the County Council building. (The building doesn't have any identifying signs yet.) 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
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Next month, October 13 - Eat the Weeds: edible wild plants
We hold regular work parties. If you'd like to learn hands-on, get in touch to find out our days and times!
We'll share seeds and starts of several species, including:
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 - *Canna edulis* - Vigorous, highly productive clone making roots with hardly any fibers
Canary nut? - probably *Canarium indicum*
Butterfly pea seed - *Clitoria ternatea* - nitrogen-fixing ornamental and edible vine
Perennial lima bean seed - *Phaseolus lunatus*
Posh-te - *Annona scleroderma* - fruit tree related to cherimoya and sugar apple, does well in windward lowland Hawai'i
Mitsuba - *Cryptotaenia japonica* - AKA Japanese parsley, 2' herbaceous plant.
Pigeon pea seed - *Cajanus cajan*
Lemon balm - *Melissa officinalis*
Orange mint / Bergamot - *Mentha aquatica citrata*
African blue basil - *Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum* 'Dark Opal'
Clove basil - *Ocimum gratissimum* - large bush with clove-tasting leaves
Nunum basil - *Ocimum gratissimum* - large bush with leaves good for pesto
Bouillon plant - *Cordia verbenacea*
Inca nut / sacha inchi- *Plukenetia volubilis*
Vanilla vine
Pepper vine - *Piper nigrum*
taro - *Colocasia esculenta*
belemebe - *Xanthosoma brasiliense* - greens like taro without the need for prolonged cooking
Bele AKA edible hibiscus - *Abelmoschus manihot*
Chaya - *Cnidoscolus chayamansa*
Cassava - *Manihot esculenta*
Longevity spinach - *Gynura procumbens*
Katuk - *Sauropus androogynus*
Vietnamese coriander - *Persicaria odorata*
...and more...
Please share this event info with others who might be interested. Hope you can join us for any or all of it!