12-07-2025, 10:31 PM
This month: You may be growing food without even realizing it. Many plants common in our yards and neighborhoods have edible leaves, flowers, seeds, fruits, and roots...and not only take no work to grow, but often deliver more nutrition than do domesticated crops. Learn about dozens of wild edibles, see many, and taste some. We'll discuss management & use of rambunctious plants (we want to hear your experiences and experiments too!), and the satisfaction of working with nature instead of feeling stuck in perpetual battle.
DAY: Sunday, December 14
DISCUSSION: 11 AM til noon: Eat the weeds
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, January 11 - Introduction to permaculture
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*
Soursop - *Annona muricata*
Cuban fiberless soursop - *Annona muricata*
Achacha - *Garcinia gardneriana*? - AKA Bolivian mangosteen
Yellow waiawi / strawberry guava - *Psidium cattleianum cattleianum* - yummier fruit than the standard red
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
Lima beans - *Phaseolus lunatus* - locally adapted cultivar
Lablab bean - *Lablab purpureus* - locally adapted cultivar
Cowpea - *Vigna unguiculata* - annual, but easy, fast growing with edible seeds
Oaxacan lemon verbena - *Lippia alba*
Ulu "Ma'afala" small seedlings - *Artocarpus communis*
Vanilla vine
Pepper vine - *Piper nigrum*
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*
Wild cosmos - *Cosmos caudatus* - ornamental flower with edible greens, self seeding annual or can maintain as a perennial
Longevity spinach - *Gynura procumbens*
Sissoo spinach - *Alternanthera sissoo* - edible groundcover
Joyweed - *Alternanthera terella* - ornamental purple-leaved scrambling with edible leaves
Katuk - *Sauropus androogynus*
Chipilin - *Crotalaria longirostrata*
African blue basil - *Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum* 'Dark Opal'
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!
DAY: Sunday, December 14
DISCUSSION: 11 AM til noon: Eat the weeds
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, January 11 - Introduction to permaculture
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*
Soursop - *Annona muricata*
Cuban fiberless soursop - *Annona muricata*
Achacha - *Garcinia gardneriana*? - AKA Bolivian mangosteen
Yellow waiawi / strawberry guava - *Psidium cattleianum cattleianum* - yummier fruit than the standard red
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
Lima beans - *Phaseolus lunatus* - locally adapted cultivar
Lablab bean - *Lablab purpureus* - locally adapted cultivar
Cowpea - *Vigna unguiculata* - annual, but easy, fast growing with edible seeds
Oaxacan lemon verbena - *Lippia alba*
Ulu "Ma'afala" small seedlings - *Artocarpus communis*
Vanilla vine
Pepper vine - *Piper nigrum*
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*
Wild cosmos - *Cosmos caudatus* - ornamental flower with edible greens, self seeding annual or can maintain as a perennial
Longevity spinach - *Gynura procumbens*
Sissoo spinach - *Alternanthera sissoo* - edible groundcover
Joyweed - *Alternanthera terella* - ornamental purple-leaved scrambling with edible leaves
Katuk - *Sauropus androogynus*
Chipilin - *Crotalaria longirostrata*
African blue basil - *Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum* 'Dark Opal'
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!