Crisscrossed combs in a top bar hive can lead to a lot of frustration for the beekeeper. These misshapen combs often take up more than one bar and make it difficult if not impossible to navigate through a hive quickly. If you’re looking for eggs, the queen, or simply trying to harvest honey; keeping combs […]
When we first moved to this off-grid community in the jungles of Hawaii, a lot of people introduced themselves by way of diet. We happened to move right next door to raw meat community –it wasn’t called paleo then. Little by little we were introduced to other neighborhood diets including: locavore, fruitarian, slow food, organic and […]
On my farm, we are at the crossroads of chicks maturing into roosters or hens. When chicks hatch there is a seemingly long period of time that happens before you can visually tell which are hens and which are roosters. There is a 50-50 chance of them being male or female. Imagine that. To determine […]
I never fully realized the impact my farm would make connecting people with people. It dawned on me at a recent wedding of one of our friends, who had once stayed at Kumu Aina. Looking over a group of guests at the wedding and seeing them laugh, dance and talk to each other made me […]
A lot of farmers choose to provide volunteer workers with room and board in exchange for help on the farm. We started accepting workers we met at the farmer’s market or those that came to the farm to inquire. Later, we would join various web sites that brought workers together with farmers. Since we have been doing it for many […]