March
Taking Down The Third House
Twenty-two thousand square feet of steel and fiberglass, most of it going somewhere useful. What surprised us was the ground underneath.
The Flavor Farm · Hāmākua Coast, Hawaiʻi
What is happening on the ground, written down as it happens.
March
Twenty-two thousand square feet of steel and fiberglass, most of it going somewhere useful. What surprised us was the ground underneath.
February
Planted by a group of eleven over four mornings, watered by afternoon rain that arrived exactly on schedule.
September
A harvest week that ran two days early. Everyone was tired, nobody minded, and the drying racks were full by Thursday.
July
A community week: surplus produce, a long lunch, and a lot of children learning what a mango tree actually looks like.
Ongoing
The property was an industrial orchid operation: six deteriorated houses of roughly 22,000 square feet each. Their removal and reuse is a multi-year project, and members are part of it.