Flora

This ti plant was a very small cutting our neighbor gave us back in October last year.  Learning that ti can grow in any medium, including "just lava" we decided to test that by sticking a bunch of stalks into the "ground" (red cinder lava) before we returned from our month long "house honeymoon" in October 2012.  Now this (and other cuttings) are over 3 feet tall.



Although there IS a strong connection between Puna and Humboldt County for their respective "local grows," look carefully at this picture of Phil's latest starts and you will see that these are Humbolddt County redwood trees!!

He's convinced that we will be the first family in Puna to have their own redwood forest.  And, based on recent documentation from HSU and research on redwood trees, (from Many Hands Gallery, of course)  they do seem to be doing very well despite the climate shifts to warmer temperatures.

Aloha Redwoods!