My family and I went to Rome and Florence this summer and my industrious little sister filmed our adventures. Thanks kaikaina!
Monday, August 19, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
Lazy Sunday
No surf. No work. Problem. China Walls offers some entertainment to aleviate the boredom.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Fun in Town
It may be crowded, but it's so much fun sometimes you just look past all the madness. Here are a few of those days in Town.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Garden Grove
So I started a garden in the beginning of July. The heat of the summer. Yup, I'm a genius.
I recently moved into a new house with a few of my friends, and the front yard was begging for some attention. We live on the southeast side of O'ahu where the sun shines and the water is scarce. The area for the garden was about 15x3 and covered with gravel and grassy overgrowth. After a couple days scraping away the gravel, I added a good bit of compost and turned up the soil. My soil was ready for some veggies!
I had basil, cilantro, tomato, corn, and snow peas growing in small pots and transplanted most of them. I had also bought some basil plants, a small jalapeno plant, rosemary, and some oregano to throw into the garden.
One morning I found trails on my basil and some tomato leaves. Slugs already?! Somewhere online told me that a bowl of beer would attract the slugs, drowning them before they had a chance to munch on my veggies. I tried it and I haven't seen anything on my plants since! I did catch a caterpillar munching my corn, but quickly squashed it. It's amazing how many critters are already into my starts!
I'll be posting my progress as the veggies mature.
I recently moved into a new house with a few of my friends, and the front yard was begging for some attention. We live on the southeast side of O'ahu where the sun shines and the water is scarce. The area for the garden was about 15x3 and covered with gravel and grassy overgrowth. After a couple days scraping away the gravel, I added a good bit of compost and turned up the soil. My soil was ready for some veggies!
I had basil, cilantro, tomato, corn, and snow peas growing in small pots and transplanted most of them. I had also bought some basil plants, a small jalapeno plant, rosemary, and some oregano to throw into the garden.
One morning I found trails on my basil and some tomato leaves. Slugs already?! Somewhere online told me that a bowl of beer would attract the slugs, drowning them before they had a chance to munch on my veggies. I tried it and I haven't seen anything on my plants since! I did catch a caterpillar munching my corn, but quickly squashed it. It's amazing how many critters are already into my starts!
I'll be posting my progress as the veggies mature.
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