Moving to Hawaii meant leaving things behind...that's the simple truth, but there were some things that were just to amazing to leave. Iris and Jeffery as well as Erin and Michelle helped us to reconsider the cast iron artwork which has been a prominent part of our yard for so many years. Mahalo to them for being sure we didn't leave this amazing piece of art.
One of Phil's recent projects has been to incorporate that piece into our new space -- finding just the right location. He chose to place it at the base of the largest Ohia tree on our property -- due east. During the summer, the sun rises just to the left of the trunk and during the winter, that location shifts to the right of the trunk.
He began by building a raised bed at the base of the tree with some significant sized lava chunks from the yard. We filled the bed with crushed red cinder mixed with some beautiful soil from up the Hamakua coast.
Next, he got rebar and began to build up the "frame" around the piece, using colored mortar to secure the lava into place. He just finished it a couple days ago, leaving little niches and natural looking holes for plants to grow in.
We are slowly accumulating plants for all the beds we have been building.
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