A Day on the farm. Recent Activities

Good morning Kalaeha Farm, Ninole, Hawaii!

Up with the chickens. A new day and some new peeps!

Repurposed materials make a great chicken shack. The creation of uber worker Reggie.

Happy hens make delicious eggs.

Greenhouses provide plants and soil shelter from heavy rains.

Raised beds being prepared for a new crop of Kale.

Amaryllis add beauty to the farm and are a good cash crop.

Tuber Rose

WOOF-ers digging a new veggie bed on a sunny Hawaiian day.

Volcanic soils are augmented with rich compost.

Guavas grow wild here.  In this photo the product of some adventures in wine making. Fruit of the vine, guava wine!

The original building on the farm. Now in its 4th location.

The glass shack.  A one of a kind visitor's lodging on the edge of a rain forest ravine.

Dragonfruit,flower, a catcus-like plant which blooms at night.

Chicken Delight

Chickens in a carousel style pen.

The farm was recently gifted with a small flock of chickens.  To avoid conflict with the already established flock, we build a new pen.  It gave us the opportunity to experiment with an innovative design while using recycled/re-purposed materials, such as old chain link and garden fence, milk crates, tarps, and wood culled from the nearby forest.

Perhaps the most unique aspect of the pen is that it rotates 360 degrees, allowing the hens access onto a large portion of new grassy ground.  When the grass is picked over after a week or so, the movable end of the pen is lifted and rotated onto new browse.  Fresh browse makes for happy hens!

Happy chickens.