We are currently in vanilla pollinating season here at Kalōpā Makai Farms. What is pollinating season? It’s the time of...
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The Mac Nut Tree
Not long after I met my husband, his parents moved into their home in Kahalu’u on the island of Oahu. ...
How do you like them tomatoes?!
To say we have a lot of tomatoes is an understatement. We planted a number of different varieties of tomatoes...
Sustainable Living – Growing Kale
With all that is happening in our world currently, a lot of people are seriously looking at what it takes...
The Greenhouse
We recently added a greenhouse to our farm. It’s been something we’ve been mulling for a while. We’ve had pvc...
Abiu
We have two abiu trees on our property. We planted them near our coffee trees to provide shade, not only...
Labor Day Earned Its Name
The last month has been busy on the farm, but this last week has been crazy busy. This Labor Day...
Summer Happenings
It’s been a hot DRY summer … three months of no rain kind of dry. We’re fortunate that we have...
Egg Fruit
Egg Fruit? Why is it called egg fruit, does it taste like eggs? Well yes, it kind of does. It...
Australian Finger Lime
We planted our Australian Finger Lime a little over a year ago. We had a few blossoms on it shortly...
New Life
We were blessed this week with two baby Dwarf Nigerian goats, a boy and a girl. They are simply the...
Wi Apple
We purchased our dwarf wi apple tree about 6 years ago. Turns out it, it’s not so dwarf. Wi apple...