FRUIT

Sharing and Requests

July 26, 2012

Lilikoi in Hawai`i is the “zucchini” of gardeners in other areas. When lilikoi are producing, we need to find ways to deal with the abundance as quickly as possible. Because we live here in Hawaii where lilikoi (aka Passion Fruit) is plentiful, we are always looking for new ways to prepare and use it. I [...]

Tagged as: GARDENING, Lilikoi, Passion Fruit

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Happy Birthday to Lavalily!

May 28, 2012

My first post was four years ago today. At that time, I gave a brief overview of what I intended this blog to portray. In the four years I’ve been writing, I have veered long distances away from the original intent, but it’s been fun! This blog started out on Blogger as Lava to Lilikoi. [...]

Tagged as: Birthday, Blogging, GARDENING, Lilikoi, Lilikoi Butter

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LILIKOI CRÈME BRULÉ

December 7, 2010

Bag of Lilikoi Anything to do with lilikoi has been one of the mostly highly popular topics of this blog. One reader (Kaleo) just sent this recipe for me to try. I’m not able to eat anything like it right now, so I’m passing it on for someone else to try it and let us [...]

Tagged as: Lilikoi, Lilikoi Creme Brule

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Lessons from Lava

November 26, 2010

The official theme of this blog is ” homesteading, food, travel, and philosophy from the side of a volcano in rural Hawai`i.” So far, I’ve done mostly the first three, but very little of the fourth – philosophy. I could elaborate philosophically on many topics, and over the next few months, bear with me as [...]

Tagged as: FLOWERING PLANTS, GARDENING, Garlic, Katrina, Lilikoi, Mouflon, Ohia, Passion Fruit, Philosophy, Thanksgiving

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Shades of Green

November 15, 2010

Living on an acre of lava that offers many shades of black and gray, I might quote the Muppets and say, “It’s not easy being green.” I forget what it means to be green. Friends from the mainland came to visit and were amazed at my catchment system, and for the first time, I had [...]

Tagged as: chard, England, FLOWERING PLANTS, FRUIT, GARDENING, HERBS, Jackson Chameleon, limes, London, Mustard Greens, Orchids

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All Is Not Lost!

September 25, 2010

Mahalo to those of you who have sent condolences about my drought-ridden garden! I have a tendency to get discouraged, and wonder if we will ever get rain. It looks like I’ll need to order my fifth load of water for the catchment tank this next week, unless we get a heavy rain in the [...]

Tagged as: chard, FLOWERING PLANTS, FRUIT, GARDEN WORK, GARDENING, HERBS, Sago Palm, ti

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Gardening From A to Z

August 28, 2010

Two of my favorite landscapers (Bob and Monty) invited a group of us “tree huggers” to come tour their garden. Since the land on their property is much like that of Ocean View, I gathered lots of how-to ideas on what to grow and what not to grow. Their elevation is about the same as [...]

Tagged as: Bananas, FLOWERING PLANTS, Garden Tours, GARDENING, GARDENS, hawaiian gardening, LANDSCAPING, Local Gardens, NON-FLOWERING PLANTS, Palms, VEGETABLES, Xeriscaping

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Summer Patio in Boise

August 14, 2010

Several weeks ago, I showed Inga’s garden, promising a review of her latest project – a roof to provide shade for her patio. I just received the pictures for your enjoyment. As you can see, her father and brother-in-law pitched in to help. Inga and her sister kept everyone supplied in nourishment and beverage. There’s [...]

Tagged as: FLOWERING PLANTS, FRUIT, GARDEN WORK, GARDENING, Idaho, Patio, VEGETABLES

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Kele’s Garden

June 26, 2010

This past Saturday, our Big Island Self-Sustainability group (BISS) met to celebrate the Summer Solstice with a potluckat the home of one of the founding members, Kele, in Hilo. I love living in Ocean View, but I have to admit to more than a little envy when I see what can happen in a [...]

Tagged as: Bananas, FLOWERING PLANTS, GARDENING, Hilo, LANDSCAPING, Local Gardens, Sustainable Living

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Ka’u Coffee Festival

May 8, 2010

Right away, I headed for the food booths. I know how delicious Pahala foods can be! The 4-H booth served beef plate lunches from home-grown beef. Typical local-style plate lunch is a meat, “two scoop” rice, and macaroni salad. Dane and Terri Shibuya are good friends. Dane is the Community Policeman for [...]

Tagged as: Coffee, Coffee Festival, Farmers' Markets, GARDENING, Ka'u District, Pahala

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Strawberry Wheatgrass Smoothie

April 28, 2010

Wheatgrass isn’t necessarily one of those food items that’s on every table, but should be. Recently a friend brought me a tray of soil and a bag of wheat berries. After soaking them for a few days until they were starting to sprout, I spread them over the top of the soil in the [...]

Tagged as: FOOD, GARDENING, Smoothie, Strawberries, Wheatgrass

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Palms Revisited

March 27, 2010

Last year on Palm Sunday weekend, I wrote a post about a variety of palms in honor of Palm Sunday. One of those palms was the triangle palm (Neodypsis decaryi) that I’ve been planting on either side of my driveway. A friend on Maui has several triangles that have grown to be a decent [...]

Tagged as: Banana Palms, Bananas, FRUIT, Triangle Palms

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Lilikoi and Aquaponics

December 26, 2009

I’ve complained about the lack of lilikoi on my pathetic vines. They are starting to take off a little more and someday I’ll have my own lilikoi. In the meantime, Alexis, one of my readers, felt sorry for me and offered lilikoi from her yard. It turned out to be a great way to [...]

Tagged as: Aquaponics, GARDENING, Lilikoi, Passion Fruit, Tiilapia

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Lava Homestead Update

December 5, 2009

I’ve thought of the succulents and snapdragons that are all over this acre as really nothing more than weeds. Why? Because I didn’t plant them, they sprout up unbidden, then grow without anyone’s help, and they aren’t something I can eat. But I realized just how much they add to my landscape when I [...]

Tagged as: Arugula, Beets, Brugmansia, chard, Christmas, Coffee, Flowing plants, Garden Club, Gardenia, Geranium, Ginger, HOMESTEADING, Lilikoi, Mustard Greens, Passion Fruit, Pikake, Poinsettias, Smoky Tree, Snapdragons, Snow-on-the-mountain, Succulents

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Gallimaufry

October 24, 2009

Before you go scrambling for your dictionary, I’ll save you the trouble. The word “gallimaufry” originally came from the French and it was a hash made out of meat scraps. So that’s what today’s post is going to be – sort of a hash of miscellaneous items that I find interesting. After my post [...]

Tagged as: Cats, gladiolas, HERBS, Lilikoi, Lilikoi Butter, limes, Passion Fruit, VEGETABLES

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Watermelon and Blueberries

October 3, 2009

I’m not sure if it’s stupidity or determination, but I keep trying to grow things that just are not supposed to grow here. I’ve been called a “bulldog” when it comes to my tenacity in trying to accomplish the impossible. So this post may be an admission of my defeat – or of a [...]

Tagged as: blueberries, watermelon

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Lilikoi Butter

September 9, 2009

First, you need to know that “lilikoi” is our Hawai`ian word for passionfruit, the fruit of the Passion Flower vine. Read the Wikipedia religious explanation of the word “passion.” But I’m passionate about the passionfruit (groan), which I know mostly as lilikoi. In January, I wrote about trying to grown my own, but I [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, FOOD, Lilikoi, Lilikoi Butter

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August 2009 Update

August 22, 2009

8-22-09 August Catch up GARDEN CLUBBERS (photo courtesy of Charles Tobias) The July meeting of our Ocean View Garden Club was at my place. I told them I was definitely a work in progress and not a show place (yet)! They all wanted to see what was growing on my acre because they’d read [...]

Tagged as: Arugula, Bromeliad, Coffee, dahlias, daylilies, FLOWERING PLANTS, Garden Club, GARDENING, gladiolas, Mustard Greens, Orchids, Pikake, sugar snap peas

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California Avenue Ambrosia

June 27, 2009

click here for larger image CALIFORNIA AVENUE MARKET A special thanks and big hug to my brother, Hilton Jones, who was my guest poster while I was away from my blog for several weeks. I spent many years living in California at different times in my life, but I had not been there to [...]

Tagged as: apricots, blueberries, California, cherries, Farmers' Markets, GARDENING, grapefruit, peaches, raspberries, Strawberries

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A Country Haven

May 30, 2009

click here for larger image GATE TO CONNIE’S HAVEN It’s hard to believe that only twelve miles away is a hideaway this lush and fertile! On twenty acres of volcanic land that has decomposed, my friend Connie has created a delicious and peaceful botanical garden. My friend, Velvet and I were invited to come [...]

Tagged as: Bananas, FLOWERING PLANTS, FLOWERING TREES, hawaiian gardening, LANDSCAPING, Local Gardens, NON-FLOWERING PLANTS

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May Day/Lei Day!

May 3, 2009

click here for larger image LEHUA BLOSSOMS ON OHIA TREE What do you think of when May 1 comes along? The Lehua blossoms on the Ohia tree above are one sure sign that we are on the verge of summer. By May 1, the trees are loaded with red blooms and more are opening [...]

Tagged as: Coffee, GARDENING, Geranium, May Day, Ohia, siam basil, Squash, Sweet Basil

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Various Projects on the “Farm”

April 18, 2009

click here for larger image ORIGINAL LOCATION OF SIDE PATH Relocating rocks can be either hard labor, or you can look at it as good exercise! I choose to think of it as a way to get in my weight lifting. This weekend, I put on my heavy duty garden gloves and started creating [...]

Tagged as: boysenberries, GARDENING, Geranium, LANDSCAPING, Patio

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Palms of Spring

April 4, 2009

click here for larger image COCONUT PALM Just a couple weeks ago on March 11, Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota held a celebration in honor of three separate religious holidays falling on the same day. The three holidays were Jewish Purim (celebrating the story of Queen Esther), Hindu Holi (celebrating several Hindu myths and [...]

Tagged as: Bananas, Coconuts, GARDENING, Sago Palm, Saw Palmetto, Triangle Palms

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Spring Has Arrived!

March 21, 2009

click here for larger image ELHARD’S DONKEYTAIL Do you think my cuttings of donkey tail will ever look like the ones Bob Elhard grows above? click here for larger image MY DONKEYTAIL CUTTINGS Even though we don’t have as well-defined a change in season as most locations on the mainland and other parts [...]

Tagged as: chives, cilantro, GARDEN WORK, GARDENING, Greek Oregano, Green Beans, holy basil, Pineapple, Raised Beds, siam basil, Sweet Basil, Yams

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HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

February 13, 2009

WAIMEA STRAWBERRIES Today’s post is devoted to RED, the color for Valentine’s Day. Wear RED – and make a statement for women’s heart health. Don’t forget to give your sweetie a gift card from Amazon! There are all sorts of garden tools, books, and chocolates available – whatever s/he might want. Check out the [...]

Tagged as: Bromeliad, Geranium, Hibiscus, Poinsettias, Strawberries, Valentine's Day

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