12-04-2024, 09:02 AM
Pahoa Urban Food Forest (PUFF) hosts events the second Sunday of each month, exploring various aspects of permaculture and living sustainably with the land. Each event includes a discussion, a tour of our developing food forest & our perennial edibles, and free keiki of useful plants.
This month: Trees & shrubs outclass both annuals and herbaceous perennials in yielding the most nutritious vegetables, and they can produce abundant leaves for years or decades with minimal input. Join us in a discussion, drawing on Eric Toensmeier's freely downloadable *Trees with Edible Leaves*, of the whys, hows, and whos of growing leaf crops on woody perennials. Learn about, taste, and/or take home keiki of must-haves including bele, chaya, katuk, ofenga, chipilin, and many more!
DAY: Sunday, December 8
DISCUSSION: 11 AM til noon: Trees with edible leaves
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.)
ADDRESS: 15-2881 Pahoa Village Rd, Pahoa
PARK: Across the street in the parking lot next to NAPA Auto Parts.
COST: free
ABOUT LPLC: https://livingplanetalliance.org
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Next month, January 12 - Using urine & humanure
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* - staple root crop
Cacao - *Theobroma cacao*
Canary nut - *Canarium indicum* - similar to macadamia in tree form, and nut use
Paradise nut - *Lecythis zabucajo* - large tree, related to Brazil nut
Marang - *Artocarpus odoratisimus* - fruit and staple seed crop
Butterfly pea seed - *Clitoria ternatea* - nitrogen-fixing ornamental and edible vine
Posh-te - *Annona scleroderma* - fruit tree related to cherimoya and sugar apple, does well in windward lowland Hawai'i
Cuban fiberless soursop - *Annona muricata*
Peach palm - *Bactris gasipaes*
Mitsuba - *Cryptotaenia japonica* - AKA Japanese parsley, 2' herbaceous plant.
Pigeon pea seed - *Cajanus cajan*
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
Fragrant pandan - *Pandanus amyrillifolius* - flavoring herb
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*
Moringa - *Moringa oleifera*
Chipilin - *Crotalaria longirostrata(
Vietnamese coriander - *Persicaria odorata*
...and more...
Please share this event with others who might be interested. Hope you can join us for any or all of it!
This month: Trees & shrubs outclass both annuals and herbaceous perennials in yielding the most nutritious vegetables, and they can produce abundant leaves for years or decades with minimal input. Join us in a discussion, drawing on Eric Toensmeier's freely downloadable *Trees with Edible Leaves*, of the whys, hows, and whos of growing leaf crops on woody perennials. Learn about, taste, and/or take home keiki of must-haves including bele, chaya, katuk, ofenga, chipilin, and many more!
DAY: Sunday, December 8
DISCUSSION: 11 AM til noon: Trees with edible leaves
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.)
ADDRESS: 15-2881 Pahoa Village Rd, Pahoa
PARK: Across the street in the parking lot next to NAPA Auto Parts.
COST: free
ABOUT LPLC: https://livingplanetalliance.org
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Next month, January 12 - Using urine & humanure
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* - staple root crop
Cacao - *Theobroma cacao*
Canary nut - *Canarium indicum* - similar to macadamia in tree form, and nut use
Paradise nut - *Lecythis zabucajo* - large tree, related to Brazil nut
Marang - *Artocarpus odoratisimus* - fruit and staple seed crop
Butterfly pea seed - *Clitoria ternatea* - nitrogen-fixing ornamental and edible vine
Posh-te - *Annona scleroderma* - fruit tree related to cherimoya and sugar apple, does well in windward lowland Hawai'i
Cuban fiberless soursop - *Annona muricata*
Peach palm - *Bactris gasipaes*
Mitsuba - *Cryptotaenia japonica* - AKA Japanese parsley, 2' herbaceous plant.
Pigeon pea seed - *Cajanus cajan*
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
Fragrant pandan - *Pandanus amyrillifolius* - flavoring herb
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*
Moringa - *Moringa oleifera*
Chipilin - *Crotalaria longirostrata(
Vietnamese coriander - *Persicaria odorata*
...and more...
Please share this event with others who might be interested. Hope you can join us for any or all of it!