Pahoa Urban Food Forest (PUFF) hosts events the second Sunday of each month, exploring various aspects of permaculture and living sustainably with the land.
Each event includes a discussion, a tour of our developing food forest & our edible perennial polcultures, and free keiki of useful plants.
This month: Get an introduction to the permaculture design framework—its ethics & principles, and commonly used techniques.
We'll focus on food forests and perennial polycultures as the easiest way to grow food without needing to import resources.
DAY: Sunday, April 14
CLASS: 11 AM til noon.
Introduction to permaculture, food forests, and perennial polycultures.
TOUR: noon til 1, with time to chat or wander more afterwards.
PLANT GIVEAWAY: 1 PM
WHERE: Pahoa Urban Food Forest (PUFF), between Habitat Tattoo and the County Council building.
(The building doesn't have any identifying signs yet.
) Walk through the side gate to find us.
ADDRESS: 15-2881 Pahoa Village Rd, Pahoa
PARK: Across the street in the parking lot next to NAPA Auto Parts.
We hold regular work parties.
If you'd like to learn hands-on, get in touch to find out our days and times!
We'll share seeds and starts of several species, including:
Ulu "Ma'afala" seedlings - *Artocarpus communis*
Rainforest plum - *Eugenia candolleana* - small fruit tree, supposed to be one of the best tasting Eugenias
Cabeluda - *Myrciaria glazioviana* - jaboticaba relative with good-tasting yellow fruit
Blackberry jam fruit - *Randia formosa* - 5?' shrub gardenia relative, with small fruit with pulp tasting like blackberry jam
Ice cream bean - *Inga edulis* (probably) - great nitrogen-fixing chop and drop, and yummy fruit if it's allowed to become a large tree
Achira "Verde" seedling - *Canna edulis* - low maintenance herbaceous root crop, biomass, and ornamental
Jamaican cherry - *Muntingia calabura* - tree maybe 30' (can be kept smaller), small tasty fruit
Malabar chestnut - *Pachira glabra* - easy tree with chestnut-ish nuts (but high in cyclopropene fatty acids which may or may not be harmful, so probably best eaten in moderation rather than as a major staple crop)
Mitsuba - *Cryptotaenia japonica* - AKA Japanese parsley, 2' herbaceous plant.
Pigeon pea - Cajanus cajan
Air potato bulbils - *Dioscorea bulbifera*
Mint potato - *Plectranthus rotundifolius*
Bele AKA edible hibiscus - *Abelmoschus manihot*
Chaya - *Cnidoscolus chayamansa*
Cassava - *Manihot esculenta*
Longevity spinach - *Gynura procumbens*
Katuk - *Sauropus androgynus*
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Hope you can join us for any or all of it!
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