Forest & Jungle

We live in a tropical rainforest here in PUNA, which means that no matter what, you measure growth in inches-per-day, and feet-per-month.  It is widely rumored that the invasive albezia trees (which we had on the property) grow 4-6 inches per day.

Obviously the previous owner's focus was on building this wonderful house -- not on the forest that surrounds the house.  Here is a typical shot of the edges of the property. 

 We are fortunate that when the land was cleared lots of the native Ohia trees were left, and the center of the property is pretty clean.  While waiting for the moving company to deliver our container, our working time was spent either working on the outside property building lava walls for new beds, or inside, making improvements to an "almost finished" house.

Here's Phil beating back the jungle.  When we moved in, for example, these palms were completely overgrown with vines, ferns and fast growing shrubs.  The driveway you see is bounded by forest, and trees surround us on all sides.  We also have a wonderful variety of birds living in these trees.