The Clock Is Ticking

The Clock Is Ticking was Originally Posted on May 11, 2009 by lavarock

The clock is ticking. I am down to the last few hours before the big planting. It has been years in the making, from buying the farm, clearing the land, delays inside and outside my control. Plans and decisions abounded as I made then broke them apart.

The removal of the macadamia nut trees and subsequent planting of new coffee trees makes this project almost pau (finished).

Beginning about 8am or so, workers will finally begin planting 1600 trees. I already test planted 7 trees and tested the whole system including weedmat, water distribution and logistics.

I have staged trees and driplines, weedmat and even staged the smaller trees to the top of the property. I still have some things to do early in the morning, but they are fairly simple. I’ll leave instructions for the guys to start and will return about noon to help out.

You know, in hindsight, knowing then what I know now, this should have been a few weeks work

I thank all of you for letting me share the trials and tribulations getting to this point. I should be able to get back to regular scheduled blogging where I chat about living in Hawaii.