Down On the Farm

Here's what we do to our guests at Luana Ohana -- makem hana! so, dai dig da holes in da lava ya! 

Visiting guests (now good friends) Zane and Cat from Indiana.  One day they said, "If there's some project you need done, just let us know -- we'd love to help."

We got out the o'o bar, pick axe, shovel, load of compost to plant the latest addition -- a lovely fan leafed "Peach Palm"-

Native to Amazonia, the peach palm fruit was scattered widely by Amerindians throughout the region, where it served as a source of wood for construction and as material for bows, arrows and spears. The peach palm fruit also provided indigenous peoples of the region with flour, palm heart, and cooked fruit flesh rich in vitamins A and C. Paleo-botanical records indicate that the peach palm fruit was being cultivated in Costa Rica as early as 2300 B.C., and when Spanish explorers arrived in Costa Rica in the early 1500s, the peach palm fruit was essential for the sustenance of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean region. (Nature Landings Magazine)
 Photo by jhalasey