Tour of our Permaculture Food Forest Orchard 2019 🌳

[@bangkokmom2453]

My husband and I are planning to start a fruit orchard in Thailand where we live and I found this video really helpful and enjoyable. :) thank you

[@OffGridHawaii]

That’s wonderful! Good luck on your journey! May it be fruitful 🍒🥑🍓

[@chantaltulliez8066]

When was the best time for planting a tree ? 20 years ago!!!! the second best time is NOW!!!!

[@MyFoodForest]

beautiful Food Forest! I stared a permaculture garden around my house 3 years ago and now I live from what I graow!

[@mapuanakupuna3471]

U guys have done an incredible job of transforming your place, it's so awesome! It's great to see that ur hard work is paying off & it's been a pleasure in following ur journey! Aloha nui!

[@duriancacaoboy964]

Wonderful to see you guys on big island. I moved back to Florida 8 months after the pandemic halted my home construction in town of volcano. FYI. Jackfruit can actually make fruit from seedlings about 2--3 years old. I gro w lots of tropicals here in Clearwater Florida. I miss big island, but I know it's not time to return. Mika from Florida.

[@yulsatriadi9793]

Just suggesting. If u want to a big fruit of banana u can cut the blossom( the maroon one) when the all fruit full sprout out👍🏿

[@yulsatriadi9793]

And in Indonesia we cook the blossom as vegetable the taste is so good and full of nutrition

[@baron6271]

AWESOME VIDEO!!!!!!! I envy you guys. The native birds that nest on your property must be amazing too.

[@thecalmwayhome8483]

The star fruit hangs like jewels from the branches. So beautiful 🌷

[@lazyyethealthy9230]

We, in India, make raw jackfruit curry too. Tastes amazing!

[@thecalmwayhome8483]

That sounds delicious 😊🌸

[@yulsatriadi9793]

In Indonesia too ❤️

[@rons-topic1067]

In Norway too

[@jessicatorretto159]

And bread fruit even very nice in curry's and stirfrys .

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

Hi Team! Greetings from a sub-tropical zone Down Under. I like how you divide up your forest focus into front, middle and back zones. I have gravitated into a similar approach where I have front, upper rear garden and lower rear garden. It certainly helps with not being so overwhelmed as the forest grows. I have a macadamia tree, lychee tree and riberry hedge in the front zone. I also grow hibiscus because I like the colors and they grow really well in our climate which today is 34 deg C max with 77% humidity.

[@seanmcguire7974]

Most relaxed people I've ever seen

[@WizArd-lu9yp]

My jackfruit tree in Guyana bears about 40 large fruits per crop 2 crops per annum if thickly mulched, well fertilized and constantly irrigated. Fruits touching the ground always rot. Fruits take about 2 to 3 months to ripen and r best when left to ripen on tree. The really ripe ones stretch and develop cracks and that's the best time to harvest but will break and fall if left on tree too long. The odor of the ripe fruit is unusual and not liked by all, but it goes away when fruit is refrigerated and the flavor and texture becomes better. Some people here make milk shakes, ice cream and drinks with the ripe flesh. I have a quarter acre food forest in the city of Georgetown with over 30 different types of fruits and many varieties of herbs and vegetables, including stinging nettles and moringa. Really worth the effort. Nice video. All the best and cheers.

[@thuydang5918]

It's so nice to see you guys create an awesome food forest and get to eat delicious fruits. I am so glad to see your jackfruit tree already have a jackfruit. You guys doing great work and thank you for the update. GOD BLESS

[@OffGridHawaii]

🙏🏼

[@duriancacaoboy964]

My last home at 3000 feet elevation had 1 Rollinia I planted. I too enjoyed the fruit. I have one tree here in Florida. Trying to airlayer to make more trees from Mother tree. Try airlayering, unless you know it doesn't work well there. Great video, if I return I will come visit your food Forrest. I have decades of experience. Mangosteen can grow faster if your night temperatures don't get too cold

[@universalmagicman7032]

I'm really loving these local mulch operations. It makes it so much easier to get going on creating the food forest foundation. Awesome video :)

[@OffGridHawaii]

Yes the mulch has made it sooo much easier to get started creating soil for a food forest and gardens in this very rocky and rainy terrain

[@edwinrodrigues9747]

@@OffGridHawaii miss your videos

[@beatricepineda5923]

@@OffGridHawaii How much do they charge for their mulch?

[@OffGridHawaii]

It’s free on the first Saturday of the month, or Wednesday it’s $15. They load your truck bed. 🤙🏾

[@beatricepineda5923]

@@OffGridHawaii Thanks for the info!

[@lindamay3759]

I love bread fruit too! We cut it into cubes salt it and steam or boil it and have it with fresh grated coconut and a ground onions and chillie paste it’s a delicious combo

[@OffGridHawaii]

Yummy 😋

[@benpham8268]

Hi guys, I just started my food forest on hawaian acre. I would love to come by to say hi and share ideas. You both are doing a great job.

[@kennethhudson8013]

Unusual fruit I've never heard of!

[@HebertsWorld]

Thanks for the rollinia update! Love the look of the fruit. Like BoChonny H. said "sending those daily positive vibes from Houston"

[@JessicaHolmes]

I'm so glad I found your channel!! My husband and I want to move back to Hawai'i when he retires, and we will probably end up on the Big Island because of the opportunity to live as sustainably as possible (and it's more affordable than O'ahu). Mahalo for putting out content!

[@tinawindham6958]

Take me with u !

[@WizArd-lu9yp]

Here in guyana, small green young round jackfruits called "katahars" r curried. The leaves of the trees bearing these r similar to that of the breadfruit tree. Try to grow some of those....delicious!

[@paulbucklebuckle4921]

Great stuff , try poping a net down under your trees to shake and harvest , saves a load of work,, 😉

[@OffGridHawaii]

For sure! Our macnut trees are popping off lately... next big harvest coming up soon and we need to make it easier to get all the nuts

[@greysilverback3924]

Enjoy the fruits of your labor! Awesome place!

[@hgdon-homeiswheretreesare-9239]

I think Hawaii is the best place on earth; used to live there for 5 years.

[@gaiasgardeninkuranda]

Amazing work guys! So cool. I've actually started a similar project in Kuranda, Queensland. Would love to meet you one day. We seem to have a lot of things in common. Send you beat wishes from Australia! Jackfruit is ripe when the leaf closest to the fruit turns yellow. They will take up to 3 months to fill up. 😉

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks for the tip

[@frederickjohnh]

Nice! Loved the tour or at least the first half. It has come a long way in two years. My wife and I will be on the Big Island soon for two months. Looking forward to seeing the island in person. Thanks for your glimpses into what it is like there.

[@wildchook745]

The jackfruit is not ready yet. You will smell it when it ripes. Graft a cutting from established mangosteen to your lil one. Your Kuru (breadfruit) will last forever. We have one that is about60-70yrs old back on my birth island the Cook Islands. I now live in Australia. You guys are really making me homesick :) I missed all the tropical fruits and plants

[@OffGridHawaii]

💚

[@homesteadfarms5315]

I bought my plot of jungle in Pahoa in September of 2016 and bought a bunch of fruit trees to plant and 3 years later they are still in pots☹️. I’ve been clearing the whole thing myself and am almost ready to start planting. 🙏🏼. When I see what you two have done it makes me realize I could already have producing fruit trees if I would have got them in the ground a lot sooner

[@OffGridHawaii]

Yeah, they need to be in the ground but more importantly the trees need to be maintained/weeded and fertilized consistently for them to produce fruits 😋

[@cutzwithrazzor]

Love the videos, can't wait to get our property cleared to build our house and plant our own fruit trees. There is so much to learn about what grows here and the seasons. We just happen to have two different avocado trees on our rental property. We found two white pineapples the other day, they were amazing and gone in a day. We are trying to nurse some sick and neglected banana trees. We got one rack, but they are extremely small, but seem to be ripening ok. We also have Mac nuts too. We are calling this practice for our property. Would love to pick your brain on a few topics. Mahalo Nui Loa for the great videos.

[@OffGridHawaii]

That sounds great! A good way to get some practice in 😉

[@spokcalb1]

Wow so beautiful full information do you guys do public tour of your farm ?

[@BillyBob-ng8mp]

Thank you for the tour! Looks like you guys are doing well for all those fruits.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks for tuning in 😉

[@ladyblacketter1646]

Star fruit are soo delicious and refreshing;you guys are soo lucky to be in Hawaii to have all the best fruits in the world 🌎

[@susanapantalita5255]

Wow super wow this place

[@christinasalinas8088]

From what you said, I have a good idea of where you are located. We just bought land in that area too, not as developed as your so we will have to do some work, but I do not plan on ripping the whole lot, but doing excavating and trying to keep the natural land as much as possible! We hope to relocate in about 5 years. We want to live off grid and be self-sustaining. Thus, we may look you up for consultation services in the future! I have been following you for about a year now, not much into commenting, but with our new purchase I wanted to touch bases with you. Thanks for all the helpful info. I have learned a lot about growing there in the rain forest. I currently am growing my first garden (fall garden) with where I live now, cause I wanted to start learning about gardening, so that I am better prepared when we eventually relocate.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Hi there! You can always send us an email when you're ready to move forward with your lot. Gardening here is much different than on mainland (assuming that's where you live). Everything can grow either great or terribly depending on your soil and rain conditions. :) It's a learning curve

[@mdharun4934]

Very nice garden

[@klaydsonborges2228]

Thanks guys, but watching you video was a prize already. You are living my dream and I hope that one day I will be doing what you are doing now.

[@OffGridHawaii]

😊

[@peachyfire3518]

I absolutely love your videos, have been watching you guys for about a year. Got all 5 of my kids hooked on watching also. It's our dream to move to Maui someday 😁 hubby isn't on board yet but will change that hopefully soon, cause we are going on our 6 th visit to Maui which is expensive and we all should just move there 😁

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks for tuning in and taking the time to comment 😉

[@8675-__]

Buy a place on the big island because you'll get alot more land and house for your money. Plenty to choose from too, look in Puna or N.Hilo

[@mi8345]

Just found your channel, you guys are awesome! Love your garden, love the video! Will there be more? Aloha from Waianae O'ahu 🌸🤙🏽p.s. I have an ulu tree in my garden too 💚

[@toddtaylor7321]

Hi guys, I lived on Maui in the 90's and have missed the islands ever since. In fact, when people ask if I miss it, my response is always the same "Not much, just every single day". After a couple decades back in SoCal, I've had enough of the mainland. My wife, son and I are coming to the big island next week to look at properties in Puna regardless of all the warnings and concerns. I've seen and enjoyed all your clips and I'm just curious what part of Puna you're in... don't worry, not a stalker, just interested in the soil depth at the various elevations. I'm looking at a few parcels in Fern Forest up around 2400ft. I used to get the county mulch on Maui and it was really good stuff and judging from your videos, so is the mulch there. While our compost is brewing, we'll be bringing in many loads of mulch Im sure. My focus initially will be getting a greenhouse and aquaponics system built, I'll also be planting groves of various trees as we clear the land. Thanks to you guys I have some idea of what I'm up against so thanks so much for that. Our plan is to make the actual move near July 1, 2020... I can't friggin' wait!!! Aloha

[@OffGridHawaii]

Aloha Todd, that’s funny “not much,just every single day”. The most we are willing to say on the internet is that we live in upper Puna. 2400ft. Is pretty high up but I’ve heard from a couple people up there that it’s kind of a microclimate where it doesn’t rain as much and it’s a bit warmer then surrounding areas. You may even get some soil up there.

[@toddtaylor7321]

@@OffGridHawaii Aloha again off-gridders. So my wife and I bought a lovely 3 acre plot in Fern Forest...We looked on Maui, Kaua'i, Lanai and Molokai...(screw Oahu) but really can only afford land on Hawai'i. To be clear, our land purchase is the fruition of my 25 years of wanting to be back in the one place I've felt like I belonged...this was in no way due to you guys or any other youtube vloggers. When I lived on Maui back in the day, I had a landscaping job where we composted all the grass, tree and hedge trimmings and gave them back to the plants they'd been trimmed from. Also my dad composted our kitchen waste for our garden when I was a kid so even then, I was hooked! I've had a garden everywhere I've lived ever since including: San Diego, L.A., Colorado and the Eastern most edge of the California desert (aka Hell on Earth) which is where we live for now. Our move to Puna will be on April 1, 2021...I know... We had planned to visit twice before next April to clear a driveway and enough space for a 20ft container but thanks to this fun new variable (Covid19), we've had to cancel in both May and July. I do have a couple friends who live up in Pepeekeo but they're a bit older and don't seem into chopping their way through my rainforest. Can't blame them, in all honesty, I'd really prefer to do it myself. Unfortunately, that's just not an option right now. Michael, I'm curious what your rate would be for a path and small clearing...or if you're even still seeking side work. I've seen most of your videos and I can tell you know your stuff so I feel I could trust you with my second most prized possession (after my kids and new granddaughter of course). We're not rich by any means but I am still working FT until the move. We just need somewhere to pitch our tent, park our truck and drop our crap. I would never rip my land and I plan to save as much indigenous flora as possible. Our organic farm will at first be mainly to feed us but we're hoping to expand should they find a cure for the "pandemic". Either way, we're coming in April!!! If you'd be interested, email me at [e-mail] or call/text three oh 3-5 ate eight-forty 3 ate E. I'd also like to discuss possibly doing some air-layering on a few of your trees (cara-cara, mac, rollinia) Hope to hear from you...Aloha

[@i-spy-ty]

SO PUMPED FOR PART TWO! Thanks guys!

[@OffGridHawaii]

😃

[@kristenpittman4601]

So impressive!

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks 😉

[@eliee1]

Hit us with that yearly update! Y’all been a huge inspiration to me here in south Florida. I’m up to about 10 fruit trees. Latest being a Nam Doc Mai little mango!

[@vpgarden5986]

Can't wait until part 2. Everything grows fast in Hawaii, as it seems. My papaya grow 3 years and it just barely 7 feet tall in California. Well partly because it is not heavily fed. I love your place, perhaps one day we can go visit you guys. Great job. Keep up the good work.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks! Feeding them well is key 🔑 things do not grow fast here either unless taken care of.

[@alexalvesjr]

Hi guys its amazing to see how beautiful your place is getting after every video, very talented . One think to check if the jackfruit is ready is when it starts to release that great fragrance and the same time the fruit will be softer, if you press the fruit now when is green still using your thumb you notice that is very firm. Good luck and i hope you will enjoy it. Aloha!!!

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks for the tips!

[@punaforager]

The trees look healthy.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks 😃

[@caribbeanducks]

I’m in south Florida. Starting my mini fruit forest on 1.25 acre. I wonder if you guys able to Sell seeds. Like your videos

[@freebirdmcchester8257]

Your place looks amazing. Thanks for the tour from my couch. Proud parents of a beautiful jackfruit. Im hoping I got some rolinias to eat when I arrive. Was full of babies 4 months ago. See ya guys soon. We all gotta get our grub on again, that twas fun.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks freebird! I bet your place is looking amazing too!

[@kennethhudson8013]

Wow chickens get good treats! Do you let them Free-range?

[@sarosok18]

Awesome video! More please!

[@OffGridHawaii]

Part two hopefully by next week 😃

[@thetruthhurts599]

Your little paradise is so refreshing. Was it tedious to take your dog to Hawaii and what part of Pahoa is a good place to buy land?

[@OffGridHawaii]

We got the dog while living here. There are so many different parts in pahoa you would have to visit and cruise around to see what feels right for you.

[@scottscott7434]

Its a big island blue .

[@waynelkduarte45]

The Yellow and Red Vivee makes a beautiful juice,and jam My Aunt Rose had Coconut trees in Puako she never cut her leaves ,she waited until they dried then removed them This kept her trees short For 20 years I visited and finally could pick coconuts at chest level

[@OffGridHawaii]

Well there are dwarf coconut trees, that might be what she had?

[@tbritton91]

Yay! It's so beautiful! Me and my boyfriend will be moving to pahoa from California in about 6 months.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Nice

[@tonyv1505]

Is that parcha (passion fruit) behind the guy? 0:12

[@OffGridHawaii]

Yes it is 😊

[@mathewbacsik8681]

A friend of mine in tropical North Queensland Australia told me Mangosteen takes about 15 years to produce fruit from seed. They have a few. Hopefully you don’t have to wait 35 years!

[@cl5473]

So sad the lilikoi wall fell. I'm sure you will be fighting it off the loquat tree soon enough. Do you guys have any avocado trees and any sign of fruit?

[@OffGridHawaii]

Yup stayed tuned for part two 😉

[@cl5473]

@@OffGridHawaii great video as always! Keep them coming.

[@jorgej5916]

Hello, are you still be doing more videos? Thank you!

[@FailureIsaChoiceTeresaPrichard]

Hey you two! When are you going to tell us about your chickens and coop? Much admiration! Teresa

[@OffGridHawaii]

That video is coming, not sure when, might be right after part two of the tour.

[@FailureIsaChoiceTeresaPrichard]

@@OffGridHawaii looking forward to it! ThanX!!!

[@thomasreto2997]

Very nice place! May I Ask, what, or to whom do all those unprocessed Mac nuts go? Also, how to deal with rats?

[@OffGridHawaii]

We dry the nuts ourselves and crack them. So far we haven’t gotten too many that we couldn’t eat them ourselves. In the future when we have more then we can eat, I suppose we will sell them along with our other fruits. As for the rats, I think the neighbors cat takes care of them. Haven’t seen any in about two years they use to climb on top of our container when it rained to go under the car port.

[@Nightengale0000]

I am really interested in the Abelmoschus manihot and katuk

[@kodosandkang8738]

Very nice tour! But how do you know the mulch is “organic” if it’s made from locals lawn waste? Don’t folks in that area use the usual lawn treatments and pesticides?

[@OffGridHawaii]

It’s probably not 100% “organic”, but from what I can see it it’s mostly brush from people clearing over grown areas where you wouldn’t really spray anything. I’ve never seen anyone bring grass clippings there.

[@shamanking5195]

I heard if you remove the lower bracts and bud helps grow faster and bigger bananas

[@jmnaval9625]

Watching here in Philippines! You deserve more of subscribers. Make more video.

[@Shrinker67]

Keep up the great growth you have created. We've learned a from your vids. Mahalo 🤙🏽Bob (I met you at Ho`olaule`a last night ) - great to see you & your Kokua

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks!! It was nice meeting you two last night too. 😊

[@Shrinker67]

OffGridHawaii it was great to see you're as true in person as on your vids. If you ever need to chat or talk story, hit us up & we can have some cold ones & watch the sun set. 🤙🏽

[@HLSChief]

I live in Hilo and have started to convert our backyard into a food forest like you guys!!! You guys are great. Something I am searching for is a good ground cover. What is growing on your property? Do u have to cut it or does it always stay as short as it is in your video? I’ll be writing more later, I’m at work right now and just watched the first video. I’m wondering if I came out there and bought pineapple plants.

[@nickgunther2481]

How bout sweet potatoes? Great growing cover and produces a ton of calorie rich food with very little work!

[@andymanoviedo]

Aloha! With my Jack fruit I wait till it start to smell sweet like it is ripe, harvest it and set it in a cool shaded area till it starts to smell really sweet. Usually the outside will start to brown.

[@phakeonee]

I could be wrong cause I haven’t been studying that long but I thought you could take a scion from a mature productive tree like a mangosteen in this case and graft it onto that rootstock you have there and see fruit in a handful of years rather than just waiting 35 ? Is there something in particular about mangosteens that prevent them from being grafted ?

[@OffGridHawaii]

When I first started researching grafted mangosteen I found that it was too hard to graft so they need to be started from seed but I’m hearing now that people are starting to figure out how to do it successfully. The technology is getting better

[@Robert-qh3ok]

you are both very likeable...all the best to you...

[@kennethhudson8013]

I've heard of growers setting fruit on planting buckets before to keep them clean

[@rons-topic1067]

You can cook that banana cone that comes out from banana it's maroon in color. It's really tasty and contain huge amount of iron in it.

[@yennguyen-uj3ri]

I’m interested in buying land there. Can you let me know what part can grow tropical fruits? What is your area called?

[@OffGridHawaii]

What fruits are you interested in growing? Certain fruits grow well in different places

[@redfirekla]

Nice organic life style are you guys still going back and fourth to NY or have you moved to the big island as the primary location.

[@OffGridHawaii]

We are on the big island primarily. Michael hasn't left for over a year now and Paulina goes once/twice a year to visit family.

[@ColoradicalMike]

That's cool that you guys are getting fruit much earlier than expected. Do you ever eat the leaves of the Lilikoi?

[@OffGridHawaii]

Never eaten the leaves, but we have made tea with the flowers 🍈🍥🌸

[@ColoradicalMike]

@@OffGridHawaii Nice! We still have to try it. We like to sautee or steam them like Collard Greens. They're great.

[@homesteadfarms5315]

You cook and eat the passion fruit leaves? Good to know. Do you know if it’s possible to cook and eat papaya leaves? I think I remember hearing someone doing that but can’t remember now

[@ColoradicalMike]

@@homesteadfarms5315 Yes you can. They don't have a strong taste at all. Papaya leaf on the other hand is super bitter but totally edible. We juice it. It's a great immune system booster.

[@homesteadfarms5315]

Coloradical Couple so the papaya leaves don’t even need to be cooked? That’s so neat. Thanks for the info

[@softwavebeach624]

amazing video!

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks! 🤙

[@Homerw00t]

yall are so wholesome. Thank you; will subscribe!

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks 😊

[@TheIan818]

Beautiful dog!

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thank you! 🐾🐾

[@3000gtwelder]

Great video! What kind of soap do you guys use to wash your dishes if you don't mind me asking? I know some people just use regular store bought soap and say it doesn't matter, I just don't know. Phosphate is Phosphate right? I hear Dr. Bronner's is good, but on the expensive side. I don't want to poison my yard when I start living off grid.

[@OffGridHawaii]

The one we are using now is called Cadia free and clear. I don’t think it matters much as long as it’s just plain soap with no added scents or stuff like that.

[@3000gtwelder]

@@OffGridHawaii Hey, thanks man! I was planning on learning how to make my own liquid soap for cleaning, as I have made my own soap from wood ash before, and like the way it cleans and feels on my skin, made with the natural Potassium salts from the hard wood, instead of the Sodium Hydroxide Lye soap.

[@sydneysmith1580]

I lived on Kauai for a few months and worked on a farm. The star fruits I had were never as sweet as I’d hoped. The coconut water was also almost never sweet. The papayas were the only consistently tasteful thing. On a friends farm their lychees were amazing. And my friend had really good rambutans. There seems to be some people that know how to grow the tastiest fruits and others who just kinda have their plants there on their land but they don’t know how to get them to produce good products. Often times it’s mediocre. One of the things that surprised me the most was that I assumed that there was just an abundance of fruits everywhere but it was actually quite to the contrary fruits or I should say good fruits were hard to find and when you found them the farmer or owner of course wanted a high price for them.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Yes we have noticed this on our own farm. If we don’t feed the trees, the fruit doesn’t taste as good. Good news is It doesn’t take long for the fruit to improve once you start taking care of the trees. Rich organic soil is 🔑

[@andresamplonius315]

@@OffGridHawaii He oído que la aplicación de STEVIA como mulch o en extracto fortalece toda clase de cultivos y mejora mucho el sabor. Igualmente con los animales, desde peces hasta el ganado.

[@joannarii7377]

What name of the fruit (5 million planted)?

[@greenblood3708]

mangosteen usually produces fruit from seed within 12 years. It needs deep rich soil in 5 range ph. Try to foliar feed it with macro and micro nutrients every two weeks for a month and see if it starts showing signs of growth. You can also pant achacha that tastes similar to mangosteen but produces in 3-4 years from seed.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks, we do feed it really good but I will try more frequent foliar feed. We have a bunch of achacha but they are still in pots. Can’t find anymore room for plant.

[@greenblood3708]

@@OffGridHawaii Do you know your soil ph? Ph could be out of its normal normal range. No room left? You guys planted out all 3 acres?

[@TwistaFlip]

Did it cost a lot for the land and did you have building restrictions/issues with a container home?

[@OffGridHawaii]

The land cost $35k and we didn't have any issues with making our container home. We have a video about both further back in our channel if you want to check it out!

[@8675-__]

I paid 32k for a really nice 1.2 acres 15 yrs ago. Super private and lush. Tons of super rare and exotic plants and trees. Truly a piece of paradise 💜

[@8675-__]

Zoning rules are lax....there's approximately 6,000 unpermitted dwellings on the big island. This is not common on other islands. Ive owned many unpermitted homes and had no issues.

[@kennethhudson8013]

How do melons do there?

[@StoyanMK]

Do you guys do tours. Do you guys host travelers ? Can we purchase your fruits if we live locally. Do you guys teach premature classes?

[@OffGridHawaii]

We do casual tours of our place, usually if picking up some trees or cuttings we can show you around. Would just have to coordinate by email [e-mail]. We dont teach any classes or host travellers. A place that does is Hawaiian Sanctuary in Pahoa.

[@waynelkduarte45]

A question,is the texture is it close to the sour sop the not sure how you spell it Rulenia

[@OffGridHawaii]

No the rollinia is much more like pudding, no fibers

[@OCDfarms]

You should consider planting some of the faster bearing Garcinia sp. Like achachairu. The last time I was at bills (greengardenguy1 on YT) nursery in Mt. View he had some that he said we're supposed to bear after 5 years.

[@OffGridHawaii]

We have some in pots but nothing on the ground yet. 😊

[@scottscott7434]

No county mulch when i went . 3 months ago .

[@OffGridHawaii]

They start loading every first Wednesday of the month.

[@trishialane1]

🌿 A Rastafarian once told me it took 9 months for the the Jack fruit to ripen 🌿🌺🌿

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks! you are the first one to give us a clue 😃

[@rasta7225]

When they smell.. Could be 9 m9nths could be six..

[@kilipoheikekanilehua4049]

Looks like Hawaii Earth Products is on Oahu (Kapolei). Sure that's the right Facebook page?

[@OffGridHawaii]

Yeah they’re owned by the same people. Oahu has already implemented the further compost process that they are getting ready for on the big island. 🤙🏽

[@osdias]

I love these videos. The invasive from Brazil is it Lemon Guava [aka Araça in Brazil]? I am so happy to be able to grow these in Portugal's climate and you guys don't even care lol

[@OffGridHawaii]

🤔 not sure if it’s the same but maybe. They do taste good but in some areas they have taken over entire forest so they get a pretty bad rap here.

[@annacompan7219]

Why do not get a air-layered mangosteen? I am sure it will bear fast fruit.

[@OffGridHawaii]

No one sells them here.

[@baron6271]

Do you have any flowering plants on your property other than ohia?

[@OffGridHawaii]

We have a bunch now but didn’t have much when we filmed this video

[@GrowAllTheFruits]

Dude, a year ago it was easy to get truckloads of county mulch. Now, they are constantly out of mulch and when they release a new batch it is gone in a couple days. I would say they need less exposure, not more :)

[@OffGridHawaii]

The reason there is a shortage now is that they use to get about 90 yards a day coming from Waikaloa, now they don’t. There are big things coming in the future though. They see the demand rising and they will find away to increase the supply. I know it sucks right now, I wish I could get mulch every day too lol, but the fact that the demand is so high means that people are actually growing food!! Which is great news 😃

[@GrowAllTheFruits]

@@OffGridHawaii I'd like to imagine it all going to soil-starved Puna gardeners but my more cynical view is most of the mulch is being taken by larger companies who have their own dump trucks than can come and get multiple 10 yard loads per day, and then they use it to make and sell potting soil mixes or spread out in monocropped farms.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Trust me they are doing everything they can to stop those types of people. They are definitely looking out for the little guy over there 😉

[@OffGridHawaii]

I know a guy who can bring you 33 yards at a time from waikaloa. Email us if you are interested.

[@g..n.4700]

Hi Mike, do you have to pay for a truckload of mulch?

[@MasterKenfucius]

People don't realize that they can get free mulch at their local landfills too. I've gotten over 1500 cubic yards of mulch for my lot at my local landfill here in Florida. That stuff will jump-start your plants like crazy. Our soil was sand and now it's a rich organic top layer.

[@OffGridHawaii]

That’s great!! Yeah a lot of towns do it but not many people know about it

[@robertelliottlang7031]

I've never heard of a relinear fruit? Did I spell that right?

[@OffGridHawaii]

Rollinia 🙂 it’s in the annona family

[@Ancorarte]

Hope the terrible fires didn’t affect your beautiful work! 🧡 And the GMOs full of herbicides/pesticides from Bayer-Mosanto, this monster still devouring the Island? 😢

[@OffGridHawaii]

The fires did not affect our place 🙏 Haven’t had any issues with da monster either 🙏

[@Ancorarte]

@@OffGridHawaii 🧡🙏🏽 infinite hug 🤗

[@adruvitpandit5816]

Man you should grow Indian soap nuts and loofah wine aswell. you will get bathing loofah and detergent for bathing and cleaning.

[@englishcoach7772]

Jackfruit doesnt need to be completely black to harvest. Give it a week after spotting.

[@fastxituca9620]

Rất nhiều trái cây nhiệt đới mà ở Việt Nam có, các bạn thật tuyệt, Tôi cũng có một mảnh vườn nhỏ khoảng 1,3 acre và đang cố gắng phát triển nó giống như một hệ sinh thái mà không cần dùng tới phân hóa học. C

[@trinhleloi]

a ripped jackfruit should have a really nice fragrant and spotty brown skin.

[@TheWhimsicalFamilyHomestead]

I know on main land we can buy young green jack fruit which isn't sweet and can make pulled (pork look) bbq sandwiches.

[@ryanrobinson255]

Hi. Where are you located? I'm up in Eden Roc.

[@OffGridHawaii]

We dont like to post our subdivision on social media. We're in upper puna around 700ft 🤙