It rained well yesterday and more over night so this morning I struck out and planted the rest of the Guadua's. It is going to be a monstrous hedge in a few years...
Then I potted up the Soursop's and Surinam Cherry and Dendro Membranaceous that Rob gave us, and the Monstera cuttings that I got from Hogback Rd, fed the chicks and went and rounded up Lorinda & Lichen for the weekly outing.
This time we headed down the Hana Hwy to the Keanae Arboretum. Unfortunately the Jaboticabas are already over. Will have to go back in September, or maybe even make it a once a month thing... Anyway, we did collect seeds of Flindersia brayleana (Queensland Maple), Eleocarpus grandis (Blue Quandong) and Artocarpus odoratissimus (Marang) which as near as I can figure it is something like a cross between a Jakfruit and a Breadfruit...
We stopped for a swim in the creek that enters Honomanu Bay. It was cloudy and windy and pretty cold. Lichen insisted on walking back up the hill by herself.
Spotted a couple of roadside avo's and picked a few on the way home. Also saw a bunch of seeds setting on some Eucalyptus delgupta (Rainbow Eucalyptus) which will be ready to pick for propagation any day now. I should really remember to go up there once a week and make sure I get some because Brad would be soked to have a few plots of them...
At home I sorted through the seeds and quickly sowed a few trays worth... Found a sprouting Cook pine, and a latecoming Pterocarpus indicus, and potted them along too. It has been quite a day for the trees. Yay!
Mulched the rest of the bamboo's and then started moving gravel into potholes, but then a K=Josh and a bunch of guys came to see the Jungalows, so I stopped and Lichen and I showed them around...