Mele Nahiku

Tonight we got our first sprinkle of rain in (over?) a week…We have been watering all of our new gardens every evening. Thankfully, we just recently finished putting up the water tanks, so we’ve got more water to give the plants. Last week we planted a big patch of sudan grass, and 2 garden beds…one filled with garlic, and the other with pole beans, peas, and some lettuce. A few days ago we planted 2 big beds with sunflowers, bush beans, and mung beans. We also planted about 50 small papayas, of which about half are still alive.
We have been longing for the rain to come back! It has been predicted to be a dry winter from the effects of El Nino…we are hoping since we live in the jungle that we will still get enough rain!
Other than the dry spell, all is well here. We have been taking full advantage of the sunny days, by getting outside and doing lots of weeding, planting, mowing, and harvesting. It’s hard to believe that in other parts of the world there is snow on the ground!!! (northeast and midwest got hit with snowstorms a couple of days ago.)

Life is good for us here on Maui. Zeoc and I will be celebrating our 2nd year anniversary in a couple of days…How blessed we feel to be sharing our lives together with another wonderful family! We truly are living our dream…