New Year Trees

Yesterday we celebrated the 
New Year in Puna style!

First, a early morning swim down at Ahalanui. Next, picking two baskets full of limes, lemons, lilikoi, oranges, tangerines and tangelos to make several quarts of juice from our mini orchard.  Some juice we freeze into ice cubes, but some is so delicious it's gone in a couple days.

This long slope is about 66 feet in length

Phil did some weed whacking around the edges keeping us neat and trim.

Lunel continued work on the slope (66' feet long*) that runs the length of the driveway...converting it into tiered beds with lava walls.   *Measured and corrected

This long slope was originally created when the big D9 cat created the driveway -- busting through yards of lava.  The loose broken lava was pushed to the side creating the slope.

Deconstruction of the slope provides the raw materials needed to create the tiered lava beds.

After lunch we decided that planting trees was a good way to issue in the new year.  Using deep holes dug previously, we selected and planted three of our forest trees we have been nurturing.

To all of our blog followers, we wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!  
 Thank you for following our adventures on the Big Island!

The 1st quarter of the slope is completed

Inspectors check out progress on the 2nd quarter