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As you may have guessed from my other post, we're in the land buying stage. Considering Hawaii Shores Rec. Estates, HPP, and Orchidland the most.
My dream is a retirement home with lots of tropical fruit tree and big veggie garden.
Is there anything I need to know before buying, other than the obvious things such as don't buy a lava flow covered lot?
Where do your gardens grow?
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What communities/areas have the best, deepest soil in Puna? If I don't want to live (and try to garden) on hard rock, what's the best bet?
Edited by - puna_bound on 05/30/2007 14:45:16
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Not necessarily true. I owned six acres in Fern Acres (Mtn. View) that was basically solid lava.
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Not necessarily true. I owned six acres in Fern Acres (Mtn. View) that was basically solid lava.
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I am just curious. What was the attraction of such a piece of land?
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In Puna, expect to buy some soil.
What do they charge for a truck full of good soil? I'm guessing it comes from the north side of the island and isn't sand!
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You can get manure for free up in Hawi, but you'll pay $100 an hour for a trucker to haul it.
P.S. - Carey - I LOVE that map. It's amazing. Takes a little studying to "get it," but wow, what a lot of work that was!
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Edited by - Carolann R on 06/02/2007 16:21:12
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You can get mulch for free at the Hilo landfill. In time, it will become like soil. I had a huge truckload of cinder-soil (small cinders mixed with some dirt) delivered for about $350. That was a few years ago, though.
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Thanks, all! If things go as planned I'll have a lot for manure and such in about 6 weeks.
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I've seen people taking the Wailoa dredge sand, but I don't know if its officially OK to do so. I would wonder how good it is, however, being all salty and such.
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Not ALL of Puna is on rock. I live in Glenwood, halfway between Volcano and Mt. View... here on the Mauka side of the highway, our soil id 13 feet deep!
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