Okay, time for another photo essay on kalo
farming. I hope folks enjoy these, and maybe learn a
bit.
John plants by the moon so last
Thursday was a planting day.
This is a
dry land patch with 'uala (sweet potato) interplanted in rows to help keep down
the weeds. This is a quick way to get ground in production initially and with
minimum maintenance, and to produce plenty huli for replanting. In the
background is where the main 'auwai runs over the pali and back to the
stream.
Here
is one mama plant and her 'ohana. Each plant had maybe 15 keiki for
replanting.
Here's
the mama plants we harvested resting in the
'auwai.
For
scale here's my size 11.5
foot.
And
these are the keiki that come
off.
The
leaves are removed and the huli are graded. Larger corms are cut off, but the
smaller can be planted with the corm.
A
pile of kalo, ready to clean and
cook.
Planting.
All
planted. And me covered in lepo. I guess this lo'i is my kuleana to tend now
:-)
is about Hawaii's status as an independent country under prolonged illegal occupation by the United States, and the history, culture, law & politics of the islands.
And about East Maui kalo farming and other projects. Plus popoki pics (cats).
By Scott Crawford - Hana, Maui
Support Our Sponsors
Stephen Laudig
Attorney at Law
2440 Campus Road #429
Honolulu, HI 96822
808.778.4562 stephenlaudig@aol.com
Over at the Free Hawaii blog, Koani Foundation is giving away "Free Hawaii" stickers and pins, and will post photos of them displayed in interesting places. Spread them far and wide!