Food forest tours & keiki giveaways - Pahoa

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Learn why "I found an air potato!" is a catchphrase wherever it's grown! One of the easiest staple foods, this prolific perennial carbohydrate is used like potatoes, but without needing digging to harvest and replant. A deciduous vine, air potatoes can grow on feed trees, on trellises, or amongst and on shrub and tree crops. This is a must-have for food gardens and homesteads. (Read more at https://farmerscrub.blogspot.com/2018/06...ifera.html )

We'll talk about domesticated air potatoes (Dioscorea bulbifera) and how amazing they are, see some specimens, and taste cooked samples. We'll have lots of the common "Hawai'i" variety to take home for planting and eating. We'll also have a mini-celebration of mint potatoes, a deciduous ground cover and root & leaf crop.


DAY: Sunday, February 9
DISCUSSION: 11 AM til noon: Celebration af air potatoes
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: Suggested $10 donation in time/cash/materials/plant keiki

ABOUT LPLC: https://livingplanetalliance.org
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Next month, March 9 - root crops

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 a few other species, including:

Ulu - *Artocarpus communis*
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
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*
Pigeon pea seed - *Cajanus cajan*
Inca nut / sacha inchi- *Plukenetia volubilis*
Oaxacan lemon verbena - *Lippia alba*
Vanilla vine
Pepper vine - *Piper nigrum*
Fragrant pandan - *Pandanus amyrillifolius*
Uhi (yam) - *Dioscorea alata* - vigorous vine, staple root crop
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*
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!