Aloha mai,
Today we had a great second Saturday community work day. Amongst us was Alina Bwy, the Kailua Intermediate teacher who organized 125 of her students to walk over 1 mile up the hill to come to Ulupo and learn about our wahi pana. Since this was a Saturday, she didn't bring all 125 of them back this time, but she did invite a few of her students who brought their families. Also with us was Jen Boneza and her ohana. As a kupa of Kailua, she has all kinds of ideas for telling our moolelo of Kailua through film on OC16. Of course we also had our aloha ʻāina warrior Ryan. When not working at his full time job, or at school, or working the loʻi in Kahana, he is here at Ulupō with us. Community volunteers were also present who came down to work, learn, and eat off the land. In total there were about 20 of us.
Our main project was to dig new auwai to improve soil and nutrient retention in our loi, and have the ability to properly build and improve the quality of the soil we are growing kalo in thus increasing the quality and quantity of the food we are growing and the people we are feeding. We also began digging and making long puʻe, trying out the lalani style of planting that places like Hoʻokuaʻāina just up stream in Maunawili have poi-fected. When the hana was pau, we harvested kalo and spent time sharing moʻolelo of these wahipana.
He lā hana keu no a ka maikai.
Ke aloha,
Kaleo
Today we had a great second Saturday community work day. Amongst us was Alina Bwy, the Kailua Intermediate teacher who organized 125 of her students to walk over 1 mile up the hill to come to Ulupo and learn about our wahi pana. Since this was a Saturday, she didn't bring all 125 of them back this time, but she did invite a few of her students who brought their families. Also with us was Jen Boneza and her ohana. As a kupa of Kailua, she has all kinds of ideas for telling our moolelo of Kailua through film on OC16. Of course we also had our aloha ʻāina warrior Ryan. When not working at his full time job, or at school, or working the loʻi in Kahana, he is here at Ulupō with us. Community volunteers were also present who came down to work, learn, and eat off the land. In total there were about 20 of us.
Our main project was to dig new auwai to improve soil and nutrient retention in our loi, and have the ability to properly build and improve the quality of the soil we are growing kalo in thus increasing the quality and quantity of the food we are growing and the people we are feeding. We also began digging and making long puʻe, trying out the lalani style of planting that places like Hoʻokuaʻāina just up stream in Maunawili have poi-fected. When the hana was pau, we harvested kalo and spent time sharing moʻolelo of these wahipana.
He lā hana keu no a ka maikai.
Ke aloha,
Kaleo
