Kauai is the oldest of all the islands and the least populated, it is called the Garden Island, and it was very beautiful and lush!
This is the life hey? The boys tried out 2 different hammocks on the farm :DI learned something totally new about banana's, they are not a tree, but an herb! They have no bark, just a stem that grows leaves.
The foragers return successful!! AVOCADO! There were at least 3 different kinds on the farm, one being the jumbo ones that are bigger than grapefruit, crazy! They are interesting in the way that they all hang individually by a stem from the tree, some of the stems were over a foot long.One morning Caleb spotted an avocado at his level and tried unsuccessfully to pick it. Derek heard him fussing, walked over and with a big pull that nearly landed him on his bottom, picked the avocado and handed it to Caleb, who walked off cheerfully swinging it by the stem in a very carefree fashion ;p
On the left is Sky who was our host in the absence of his Mom, he was just back from a trip to Thailand, and currently tutors music students on the farm, as well as running it. They have 50 CSA (community sponsored agriculture) family's they provide for every week. That is a coconut tree in the background, and my Dad on the right.They bought the land 20 years ago and planted everything now growing on it, you would never guess it was empty 20 years ago!! There was a banana grove, avocados, lots of citrus trees, a soursop tree, macadamia nut trees, pineapple growing (they take 2 years!!), mango's, papaya, and probably some I have missed, oh and some beautiful purple fruit that I forget the name of that looked like a perfectly round, orange sized eggplant ;p
Here are Nanny and BaBa enjoying the surf and sunset at... Hanalei beach!
Derek was VERY keen on playing in the sand (every day, every minute, "Mama, I want to go to the beach!" ;D)
As you can see from Caleb's stunning grin it is WAY past his bedtime! :D
3 comments:
I love the little foragers and the picture of us & the kids turned out really well!! Nani
Hi, I happened upon your blog while doing a search for Kauai. My husband and I are planning on going to Kauai around the first of next year and I was curious about the organic farm that you stayed on- can you tell me the name? Also, were the avocados, citrus and bananas edible at the time you went? I stayed on a farm in the Big Island and since then have been hooked on it!
Hi Sophie, this is the web address and name of the farm we stayed at. www.northcountryfarms.com
We really loved it! Yes the avocados, citrus and bananas were all ripe and we had a fresh fruit basket when we arrived and picked our own while we were there, the bananas were the best I have ever had, a different variety than what we get here. Avocados were huge and delish too, and they had many different kinds of citrus fruits. I also harvested some macadamias and brought them home :)
I wished we could have been there for the mango season but other than that it was perfect, got tonnes more fruit at the farmers markets too, there was one somewhere on the island every day!!
Have a great trip :D
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