09-07-2025, 10:32 PM
This month: Sustainable yield in our gardens & forests depends on healthy ecological communities, above and belowground. The nearly invisible soil food web, from bacteria & fungi to nematodes & earthworms, seems almost magical! Come learn about this amazing symbiosis between plants & soil life, and how to nurture it.
DAY: Sunday, September 14
CLASS: 11 AM til noon — The soil food web
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. 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/LFA-free trays/pots/materials/plant keiki
ABOUT LPLC: https://livingplanetalliance.org
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Next month, October 12 - Beans & peas for the tropics
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:
belemebe - *Xanthosoma brasiliense* - greens like taro without the need for prolonged cooking
Cacao - *Theobroma cacao*
Canary nut - *Canarium indicum* - similar to macadamia in tree form and in nut use
Paradise nut - *Lecythis zabucajo* - large tree, related to Brazil nut
Rollinia - *Rollinia deliciosa*
Soursop - *Annona muricata*
Cuban fiberless soursop - *Annona muricata*
Achacha - *Garcinia gardneriana*? - AKA Bolivian mangosteen
African peach - *Nauclea latifolia* - small tree with pretty good fruit
Yellow waiawi / strawberry guava - *Psidium cattleianum cattleianum* - yummier fruit than the standard red
Peach palm - *Bactris gasipaes* - excellent staple crop
Silverberry 'Maculata' - *Elaeagnus pungens* - Tough ornamental shrub with edible berry
Pigeon pea seed - *Cajanus cajan*
Inca nut / sacha inchi - *Plukenetia volubilis* - staple nut from a vine
Perennial lima bean - *Phaseolus lunatus* - locally adapted cultivar
Lablab bean - *Lablab purpureus* - locally adapted cultivar
Cowpea "Red Ripper" - *Vigna unguiculata* - annual, but easy, fast growing sprawler with edible seeds
Oaxacan lemon verbena - *Lippia alba*
Mulberry - *Morus alba* - good variety for both fruit & leaf
Ulu "Ma'afala" small seedlings - *Artocarpus communis*
Uhi (yam) - *Dioscorea alata* - vigorous vine, staple root crop
Vanilla vine
Pepper vine - *Piper nigrum*
Poha - *Physalis peruviana* - Herbaceous shrub with sweet-tart small fruit
Lolot - *Piper lolot* - Rambling ground layer herb
Achira - *Canna edulis* - vigorous ornamental root crop
Chinese lantern - *Abutilon* hybrid - productive ornamental flower crop
Ofenga 'Eldorado'- *Pseuderanthemum carruthersii reticulatum* - tough ornamental shrub, great leaf crop
Bele AKA edible hibiscus - *Abelmoschus manihot*
Chaya - *Cnidoscolus chayamansa*
Cassava - *Manihot esculenta*
Longevity spinach - *Gynura procumbens*
Katuk - *Sauropus androogynus*
Chipilin - *Crotalaria longirostrata*
African blue basil - *Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum* 'Dark Opal'
Holy basil - *Ocimum tenuiflorum*
Basil - probably annual *Ocimum americanum*
Vietnamese coriander - *Persicaria odorata*
...and more...
Hope you can join us for any or all of it!
Norris
DAY: Sunday, September 14
CLASS: 11 AM til noon — The soil food web
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. 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/LFA-free trays/pots/materials/plant keiki
ABOUT LPLC: https://livingplanetalliance.org
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Next month, October 12 - Beans & peas for the tropics
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:
belemebe - *Xanthosoma brasiliense* - greens like taro without the need for prolonged cooking
Cacao - *Theobroma cacao*
Canary nut - *Canarium indicum* - similar to macadamia in tree form and in nut use
Paradise nut - *Lecythis zabucajo* - large tree, related to Brazil nut
Rollinia - *Rollinia deliciosa*
Soursop - *Annona muricata*
Cuban fiberless soursop - *Annona muricata*
Achacha - *Garcinia gardneriana*? - AKA Bolivian mangosteen
African peach - *Nauclea latifolia* - small tree with pretty good fruit
Yellow waiawi / strawberry guava - *Psidium cattleianum cattleianum* - yummier fruit than the standard red
Peach palm - *Bactris gasipaes* - excellent staple crop
Silverberry 'Maculata' - *Elaeagnus pungens* - Tough ornamental shrub with edible berry
Pigeon pea seed - *Cajanus cajan*
Inca nut / sacha inchi - *Plukenetia volubilis* - staple nut from a vine
Perennial lima bean - *Phaseolus lunatus* - locally adapted cultivar
Lablab bean - *Lablab purpureus* - locally adapted cultivar
Cowpea "Red Ripper" - *Vigna unguiculata* - annual, but easy, fast growing sprawler with edible seeds
Oaxacan lemon verbena - *Lippia alba*
Mulberry - *Morus alba* - good variety for both fruit & leaf
Ulu "Ma'afala" small seedlings - *Artocarpus communis*
Uhi (yam) - *Dioscorea alata* - vigorous vine, staple root crop
Vanilla vine
Pepper vine - *Piper nigrum*
Poha - *Physalis peruviana* - Herbaceous shrub with sweet-tart small fruit
Lolot - *Piper lolot* - Rambling ground layer herb
Achira - *Canna edulis* - vigorous ornamental root crop
Chinese lantern - *Abutilon* hybrid - productive ornamental flower crop
Ofenga 'Eldorado'- *Pseuderanthemum carruthersii reticulatum* - tough ornamental shrub, great leaf crop
Bele AKA edible hibiscus - *Abelmoschus manihot*
Chaya - *Cnidoscolus chayamansa*
Cassava - *Manihot esculenta*
Longevity spinach - *Gynura procumbens*
Katuk - *Sauropus androogynus*
Chipilin - *Crotalaria longirostrata*
African blue basil - *Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum* 'Dark Opal'
Holy basil - *Ocimum tenuiflorum*
Basil - probably annual *Ocimum americanum*
Vietnamese coriander - *Persicaria odorata*
...and more...
Hope you can join us for any or all of it!
Norris