Weeding and transplanting

Have been transplanting small quart-size plugs of peanut into bare patches in the pasture. And of course, weeding...

Dry spell

• Ulu were looking rather dry: spent about 2 hours watering them with long hoses and buckets as well as weeding the surrounding pasture.
• Rollinia was looking dry as well -- watered for about 20 minutes
• Pig barriers seem to be holding up around Rollinia and junior Ma'afala
• Moved three coconut sprouts in 3 gal pots to "peninsula" and spent some time hacking back the waiawi there (45 mins)
• Weeds in pasture are diversifying, still dominated by papyrus-like tall grass
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Back 40 nursery.

• Moved three kamani, avacado, and avacado with junior cacao seedlings to "back 40" triangle 1 hour
• Moved the loose fence gate back to cover the "back 40" entrance.  Not attached to anything yet, just leaning.
• Hacked some tall grass in the back 40 (15 mins)
• Weeded extensively in the pasture (2 hours)
• Setup water spigot mount by shed (45 mins)
• Tested out inverter connection (30 mins)
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Pig check

Last night checked for pigs at:

• 7PM
• 10PM
• 5AM

and saw none.  But clearly they're active during the night. The ground is often ripped up and turned, as if disced, in the morning.

Seems like the pigs are most interested in soil that had wood chunks or other substantial debris buried in it. My guess is that there are insects, worms and so forth that are active near this debris.

Plant Ma'fala; pig protectors

• Planted the smaller Ma'afala ulu (obtained from Pahoa charter school at the 2012 Ulu Festival) in the pasture near the Marang (1/2 hour)
• Built simple wire enclosures around the small Ma'afala and the Rollinia.  Pigs have been grubbing around heavily near the Rollinia, possibly because of heavy moisture and decaying organic matter in the soil. (1 hr)
• Cut down junk trees at gulch edge (3 hrs).  The used, smaller Stihl chainsaw we bought from Mike & Carol has proven very handy for quickly dropping numerous smaller trees.  Needs a new 16" chain (or sharpening)
• Planted some perennial peanut seed around ulu and key lime bases (where we did not plant seed previously).  The perennial peanut around the fruit trees along the driveway has already sprouted, though some has been torn up by foraging pigs.

Planted 4 cacao in gulch

Pound stepping stakes near dropped african tulip trees in gulch:
Plant reforestation cacao (2 hrs)

Mexican Lime / Key Lime info

Hang tag info from lime purchased at Home Depot yesterday in half-gal pot. Marked as from "Chun's Nursery"

Today's Activities

Today:

• Finished painting peak of shed roof (finally!)
• Planted ulu: "Samoan" (Ma'afala),   Apuapua, and "Tahitian" (variety TBD)
• Bought ($18) and planted 1/2 gal "Mexican thornless lime" / "Key lime" along driveway
• Saved 5 gal topsoil from driveway digging
• Noted significant pig rooting along driveway and edge of pasture
• Used standard 1/2 bag Niu black cinder, 1/2 bag Niu chicken manure, 2 scoops imolizer, 1/2 cup 10-30-10 gaviota, 1 cup tropical ag lime  for planting trees