Another Crappy Day in Paradise..... Do it Again.

[oldhaole]

Make up your own godamn title....

Make up your own godamn title....

You get a real Dog pound going. We been still wet here. You doing any seeds this summer? Aloha DB

Well DB, That's true. No originality. Like water, I tend to take the path of least resistance. Weather or not we're aware of it, all of us (or at least the survivors) build ourselves a little niche. The Dogs are my thing. Granted, there are a lot of people that grow them. But most don't grow them well. Usually they are just given a shot, but not dialed in, then on to the next big thing. Take the extra time, dial them in.... Magic.

The last few long seasons, seeds have been tiny packages of disappointment. I've run the numbers. More importantly, done the work. The only way seeds come out ahead is if every plant is exceptional. Otherwise planting from clones is better both in terms of quality and quantity. With seeds you never know what you get, they take more time, and present more of an unmovable, tempting, target for Green Harvest. If they let us grow 70 instead of 7, sure, I'd try seeds again. No, that's a lie.... fuck it, I'm over seeds.

Wet but we managing to pull some off lol

Yes, I can see your suffering.....

As for our weather, it hasn't been perfect up here the past couple of weeks either. The usual afternoon showers almost every evening. Not near as bad as you get, but my plants are outside. As we move towards Summer the rain should taper off.

Wish you fellas well! Hope the birds stay off your asses. Our state just passed medical I'm curious to see if they're flying with more force this season opposed to others

It'll be less I'd bet. Once you start throwing legal grows out there it muddies the water. Or like here they will come in without a warrant, take, but they can't do any more.

"man its been almost "perfect"...
and no harrassment

YES!!!!!!!! "

Wait!

Wee

Unfortunately, Weez will eventually be right. But what worked last year? Who knows. It would be a shame to let all that great sun go to waste while the adults aren't looking.

Still, I'm knocking back my numbers. The cheating portion of the year is almost over. By Monday I'll be at 28. I don't want to be the poor sucker that gets his hand caught in the cookie jar.

Lots of opportunities on the horizon it seems. Nice dogs OH!

Hey dude, thanks.

I'm not trying to say your wrong, but your wrong. Maybe it's all how you define opportunity. I can't knock you for your youth.... much as I'd like too. But right now I look into the future, and I see very little opportunity. Fact is that there are too many of you, and your too good. In order to be successful you need to step out of the shadows, put yourself out there. Look at Grey's contest. There are a pile of people entering. When I first heard about that I thought "You wouldn't catch me there", or "if I did enter, and win, I'd have to accept with a paper bag over my head".

Errrr....

I was wrong. Turns out there are a whole pile of people wanting that tacky, ugly belt. A whole pile of people screaming, "Look at me!" That's fine. I understand, that's what you gotta do to make a name for yourself in the brand new world. Rope those opportunities, throw a saddle on and ride them to where? The fuckin' dispensary?

If that's what you aspire too, and I'm not saying you do AS, I just have a good rant building and I want to make sure you don't get splattered by it.

Because all those opportunities you see all involve working for someone else. And as long as that tune is playing you will always have some asshole offering to do twice your work for half your pay. There too many of you, and you're too good.

You could, should the corporate MMJ ladder be not for you, do what I'm doing. But most landlords frown at their tenants pulling product out of their yard, so your gonna have to buy your own place. Depending where you want to live, that's gonna cost you mid six figures. Or more.

Yep. Sorry, but to me it looks like the S.S.Opportunity sailed for Opportunity City a couple of decades back. How do I know? I was on her. But that's a story for another time and place.

 

[Weezard]

I await, with breath abated.
Opportunity knocks but once.
Disaster has more patience.

 

[ValleyIsleFire]

More than likely, dispensaries are gonna be charging ridiculous prices, if anything I'd think the boys are gonna be rolling even more. Who's gonna wanna spend 60+ per 1/8th when unko up the road still doing O's of the fire for 250? Probably only tourists with cards or people with shitty connects. If u don't got fire coming out of ur yard then obviously that's a different story. But that just means time to step it up.
Im sure we all know a few guys who only run one to two tables, and maybe some who run 20 lights, all "in the shadows" making 6 figures+ a year with no government fingers trying to get a cut they don't deserve.
Growing outdoors is a luxury for the homeowner or the occasional lucky tenant. Personally I was much more stress free after I started doing indoors. Worrying about rippers crop after crop is no fun. Less maintenance inside too. Not to mention that if the cane gets replaced by hemp, u still gonna want to crop outdoors in the rain up there?

SS opportunity is sitting in dock on Lanai, lol..look at all that sun.. Even right up Launiupoko is cherry

Also that belt is a hell of a lot sweeter lookin than a little gold cup. Only wish I had something to enter.. Maybe the next spot I live at will have room to grow lol

Alohas

 

[Arthritis_sucks]

The future is bright in my eyes

The future is bright in my eyes

The thing about this industry is it has many facets to it an many ships to set sail on.

I was going to enter the contest but I had to pull early. Next time I'll join in for sure, but I'll be there for the Free the Plant Fest though.

 

[oldhaole]

Wow! Someone reads this shit. Even better, they have an opinion, and are willing to defend it. Kewl!

I await, with breath abated.
Opportunity knocks but once.
Disaster has more patience.

Ahhh Weez..... Always the bright ray of sunshine we've come to expect. Since I gotta start disagreeing with someone, somewhere, lets start with this.

Opportunity doesn't knock.

It runs down the street, it's up to you to catch up, then beat it into submission, before dragging it home.

The next sentence? I totally agree with. So we're good?

Next up.....

More than likely, dispensaries are gonna be charging ridiculous prices, if anything I'd think the boys are gonna be rolling even more. Who's gonna wanna spend 60+ per 1/8th when unko up the road still doing O's of the fire for 250? Probably only tourists with cards or people with shitty connects. If u don't got fire coming out of ur yard then obviously that's a different story. But that just means time to step it up.
Im sure we all know a few guys who only run one to two tables, and maybe some who run 20 lights, all "in the shadows" making 6 figures+ a year with no government fingers trying to get a cut they don't deserve.
Growing outdoors is a luxury for the homeowner or the occasional lucky tenant. Personally I was much more stress free after I started doing indoors. Worrying about rippers crop after crop is no fun. Less maintenance inside too. Not to mention that if the cane gets replaced by hemp, u still gonna want to crop outdoors in the rain up there?

SS opportunity is sitting in dock on Lanai, lol..look at all that sun.. Even right up Launiupoko is cherry

Also that belt is a hell of a lot sweeter lookin than a little gold cup. Only wish I had something to enter.. Maybe the next spot I live at will have room to grow lol

Alohas

Your right about the dispensaries. For now. But what about later? Next up will be canopy limits. They already have taken away our right to caregive. The DOH has a vested interest in the survival of the dispensaries. You, me, all of us, we're getting chucked under the bus. Not yet, but eventually.

Six figures? leave the plus off, it's not that much. Especially now, living here. Did I hear some jaws drop? It's enough to live comfortably on, sure, but what about saving? You expect to do this forever? You may, but I doubt it's gonna happen.

Uh oh... I feel the rant coming on. Better make it clear that this is directed toward neither AS or Valley Isle.

[Begin rant]What is it with you young idiots? You expect to live forever? Ya got a wife, kids, ya make good money, ya got all the toys, one of which I'm still borrowing, but you got no savings! What would happen, if god forbid, you broke your leg? Or worse? Like Weez says "Disaster is patient", and you don't have much to fall back on. So can the toys, get your shit towards saving that cash you piss so freely away. Those kids of yours are gonna need good lawyers one day, and there gonna be looking at you to pony up. Do you really want to tell them "Sorry, you gotta go with the Public Defender because daddy is broke"? [end rant]

Thanks, I feel a little bit better. Where was I?

Growing outdoors is a luxury for the homeowner or the occasional lucky tenant. Maybe now. But it didn't used to be. Thousands of acres of sugar cane sat at the end of an old dirt road. Open to all.

Indoors? Come on. You want to go with that? I see many reasons listed on why indoors is better. Except the important one. Where is the better crop produced? Like you point out 'If you don't have fire ya better step it up'. Stepping it up means the best possible outcome. And that just don't happen inside.

As for hemp. Maui had some tough agricultural drift laws on the books. Written specifically to go after Monsato and HC&S, these laws basically state that any substance (including pollen) must not be allowed to drift into and damage any neighboring fields or crops. These laws can easily be turned around, and should my crop get seeded by hemp pollen I could and would happily sue, and ask for damages, which the dispensary bill conveniently clarified exactly how much I could go after. I would assume that others also had the same problem, so we put a nice fat class action suit together, and the're out of business.

Funny you mention Launiupoko. Back in the "90's we'd hop the berm late at night and work until dawn planting those fields. Your right, it's a fantastic place to grow. Hotter than hell.

As for the cup, or belt, or whatever, I just couldn't see myself entering one of those contests. It's a great way to get yourself out there, but in my day that was looking for trouble. In my day, if you got yourself "out" there, it was in the pages of the Maui News' crime blotter. Not a good thing.

The thing about this industry is it has many facets to it an many ships to set sail on.

I was going to enter the contest but I had to pull early. Next time I'll join in for sure, but I'll be there for the Free the Plant Fest though.

There may be many ships, but are you the captain, first mate, or bilge rat? You may know far more than everybody on the boat, but unless you OWN the boat, your just along for the ride.

Still, you guys know everything. And, for real, you do! AS you do great work. Far better than me. Not to be an asshole, but to make a point, when I was your age (we only met once, so I'm guessing) I had just bought this house with cash, and banked that seventh figure everyone seems to care so much about.

Trust me, if you were there.... you would have done as well as I did. Better, because you do better work. You'd also be between 55 and 60, so it ain't like there isn't a trade off. You'd also be wired totally different, because back then it was a Class A Felony, punishable by up to 20 years in jail.

Ohhh.... that kinda changes things huh?

Then they went and made it legal.

And that, boys and girls, is when the SS Opportunity pulled anchor and sailed away, into the sunset, never to be seen again. Sure, some rubes painted "SS Opportunity" on the back of an old garbage scow a few years later, but it was nothing like the real deal. Maybe that's what you saw.

Sorry, I know the horse is dead, but I just have one more kick to give it before we let it rot.....

Wayback Machine! Hop in, set it to any year in the 90's and I'll show you. No, not 97. that was a great year, we want an average year. Try again.

1994..... and we're gone....

First thing you'll notice is that fuckin' cell phone that grows in your ear? Gone.
"Oh no", you say
"Happy days" I reply. "Now, when we hop that berm, the nearest payphone is five miles that way and fifteen miles that way. No quick call to 911, they wanna report us, there gonna have to do some work".

See how fast things change? Oh, and I forgot. Instead of the eight cops that work this area in 2016? There just three now. This late, they are busting up fights as the bars close down. Still, you worry.

We're going over the berm planting Launiopoko tonight. Your one of my five partners. You've been with me a year, I know a year or two from now you are gonna go your own way. After I have taught you everything I know. That's ok. We have 8 boxes of starts, which I grew from seed. We have two wire frame backpacks that can take two boxes each, two folding shovels, and 10 lbs of time release fertilizer. They are watering the field, so no water needs to be hauled. Plant half, then come back and plant the other half somewhere else.

For me, this is a milk run. Your here, you know what to do, so the work gets split. We agree on a number. The plants will be put in on that number standpipe plus that number of driplines. That way, I can find your work, and you can find mine. It takes two hours for me to plant my 40, eight patches of five holes each. Every hole has from one to five plants in it. You do the same thing, taking what the field gives. We meet back up by the truck dragging cane leaves over our footprints. Then back over the berm. We see no one.

We'll be back three more times. Twice to pull males, with both of us checking everything. Then back to harvest.

Lahina side canefields are all gated off, and hard to get at, so the rips on that side are minimal. I never got ripped from Launiopoko, so neither did you.

Math time.

Of the 80 holes we planted, only half made it through with a girl. Bummer, looks like they didn't water in time. Hotter than hell there. But the plants that made it did well. All Sativas most yield well over a pound, but to further cut the numbers say each gave 10 ozs. Did I forget to mention that Hawaiian weed is now going for an easy $400/oz? Six thousand a pound?

So, four days work, and two of those days we were having fun, after we pulled males we pulled the bottle of Crown Royal from the bottom of the pond and finished it.... them was back in my drinking days.....We yanked close to 25 lbs. We're gonna unload it cheap, at a mere $4,000 a lb, one time on O'ahu

Your walking away with 50K. So am I. After just two days, and two nights of pseudo work. Now I ask you. You want to stay here, or go back? Sorry. If I can't stay here, neither can you. Here's a buck, put it in your pocket. Your phone is ringing. Quick, before we go, take a look out to sea. That's what the real SS Opportunity looks like. It's gonna be sitting there for awhile more, too bad they won't let me take you aboard.... Ya gotta be 18.

Welcome back.

One last point. Before we left, when your phone was ringing, the dollar. Pull it out, this is one of the neat tricks of the Wayback Machine. Ta da! now you got a five.

I think it's called inflation. Wierd huh? That happens to any cash you make there. Oh shit! I forgot! We should have grabbed your 50k before we left. Damn it!

Oh well...

My bad?

 

[McKush]

So I gotta ask....why are you here again?

I'm chasing butterflies and a pretty one flew past here

 

[Arthritis_sucks]

I swear if you ever wrote a book I would be the first to buy one, or try Your post always have this way grabbing you an pulling you into the story. Would have been nice to live in that time.

Without spelling out my plan I'll say your right, but so am I. Always keep your next move to yourself. It's no cruise ship where all the meals are prepped for ya an foo foo drinks galore. But it is a nice sail boat where I'm the captain, an I see a couple different color choices. But with any sail boat, it takes work to make it work.

 

[Greyskull]

youre rants are full of gold!

 

[Weezard]

"unless you OWN the boat, your just along for the ride."

Brilliant!
A pearl of a post
That's why I read here.

My pig has a broken wing,
my ship came in, then sank.
But it no cost to sing.
And I get to grow da dank.

Sure, I kinda broke, and daft.
Saw my market holdings tank
Now sittin' onna a crummy raft,

Dat's ok,
'cause I'm Captain Wank!

Aloha y'all
Wee

 

[Grizz]

its weird how life goes by, you remembered most of yours I see,

 

[ValleyIsleFire]

Shit if I was making 6 figures, even if it was the bottom end of that, you bet your ass I'd be saving lol.

Ya DoH will probably do just that, but that's just one more reason I prefer indoors now. Harder to see whats going on in there.
Also having control of your environment is a plus, unless u got yourself a nice greenhouse where u can do the same outside under the sun. That'd be awesome but I haven't seen anyone growing herb in one of those out here. Setups like Conleys and others similar to that. Which now that I think about it, you would basically need to continue to grow outdoors on that side of the island if the hemp fields actually happen.
How would they prevent the spread of pollen unless they put the whole operation in a giant greenhouse themselves? Maybe you could get a big class action together, which u would be right to do. But how long until that big decisive day in court? How long until you would actually be given your due? Assuming the corruption doesn't just shut it all down to save the bigger business a pretty penny or a change to the rules.
But that's all what if.
Tents and LEDs are just too easy to setup and breakdown. Electricity is getting a bit cheaper so that's nice too. And my indoor stuff always has much less leaf on it.

Not knocking outdoor growing, cuz if I had the land and could afford one of those greenhouses with all the bells and whistles I'd just do that haha. Best of both worlds.
Love using raised beds.. Talk about easy feeding

 

[JackCough]

In 94 I thought I was killin the game delivering pizzas raking in 150 a night in tips.
Plus I had my awesome 6 tube floro frankenfixture mexi-brick bag seed closet garden pumping out some ounces of killer mid grade. Suppose the middle of a desert isn't the best place to catch a ship.

I sorta need another part time job though. Was that a help wanted sign I saw in the way back machines window? I am not too sure I could promise a full 2 days.maybe a day and a half though I get tired easily.I will only be able to work during full moons in the nights. I get scared when it's dark. Also I prefer to drink Jameson while we work also. Apprentice pay is ok with me. $8000.00 an hour seems fair. You buy the the Jameson though. Oh and could you pick me up?

Oops. Misread the inflation part. How's $40,000 an hour sound. Will I need my own backpack or can I just borrow yours.
If you need any references let me know pretty sure the Pizza Hut manager is still there.

 

[oldhaole]

In 94 I thought I was killin the game delivering pizzas raking in 150 a night in tips.
Plus I had my awesome 6 tube floro frankenfixture mexi-brick bag seed closet garden pumping out some ounces of killer mid grade. Suppose the middle of a desert isn't the best place to catch a ship.

I sorta need another part time job though. Was that a help wanted sign I saw in the way back machines window? I am not too sure I could promise a full 2 days.maybe a day and a half though I get tired easily.I will only be able to work during full moons in the nights. I get scared when it's dark. Also I prefer to drink Jameson while we work also. Apprentice pay is ok with me. $8000.00 an hour seems fair. You buy the the Jameson though. Oh and could you pick me up?

Oops. Misread the inflation part. How's $40,000 an hour sound. Will I need my own backpack or can I just borrow yours.
If you need any references let me know pretty sure the Pizza Hut manager is still there.

You guys make me smile...

Jack, I'm sorry. Your application read better than some of the guys I partnered up with. At least I know what to expect. Sure, I'd buy the booze... back then. But you have some misconceptions about the pay scale. You get half. If those plants weren't where we put them that last time in, congratulations, you just got half of nothing. In that case, I'd happily give you my half too.....

Another thing. The Machine?

I've used it sparingly throughout the five years we've done this. The one time we went back to back, back, bad things happened. To the best of my knowledge, Fasti still at the bottom of Kahoma Stream, and worse, it cost me a fortune to fix.... you have any idea how hard it is to get parts out here? For safety's sake, best if we let her cool down.

Shit if I was making 6 figures, even if it was the bottom end of that, you bet your ass I'd be saving lol.

Ya DoH will probably do just that, but that's just one more reason I prefer indoors now. Harder to see whats going on in there.
Also having control of your environment is a plus, unless u got yourself a nice greenhouse where u can do the same outside under the sun. That'd be awesome but I haven't seen anyone growing herb in one of those out here. Setups like Conleys and others similar to that. Which now that I think about it, you would basically need to continue to grow outdoors on that side of the island if the hemp fields actually happen.
How would they prevent the spread of pollen unless they put the whole operation in a giant greenhouse themselves? Maybe you could get a big class action together, which u would be right to do. But how long until that big decisive day in court? How long until you would actually be given your due? Assuming the corruption doesn't just shut it all down to save the bigger business a pretty penny or a change to the rules.
But that's all what if.
Tents and LEDs are just too easy to setup and breakdown. Electricity is getting a bit cheaper so that's nice too. And my indoor stuff always has much less leaf on it.

Not knocking outdoor growing, cuz if I had the land and could afford one of those greenhouses with all the bells and whistles I'd just do that haha. Best of both worlds.
Love using raised beds.. Talk about easy feeding

Valley, I'm not worried about hemp. I wish I was. It ain't gonna happen. Let me explain.

Imagine, your in a bad wreck. You somehow remain conscious throughout the whole thing. As the dust settles, in that one moment where time stands still, you look down and your left leg isn't there.

Then the moment is over, firemen, paramedics, the devil himself is working to get you out. All you know is pain. Then there is a warm rush, and things don't seem so bad. Leg? I got two, who gives a fuck? Nite nite.

When you wake up, your leg's there! Cool! But then a doctor comes in and tells you it's all messed up, but it is there. Then they give you more of that warm shit, and ok....Nite nite.

Time passes, you heal, then one day the doctor tells you they are gonna take the warm shit away, and give you some other shit which is just as good.... but of course it isn't. Your leg heals, life goes on.... but it's never the same.

It's the same thing here. Your the island. The wreck is HC&S closing. And the warm shit is hemp. That's what's gonna save agriculture on Maui. Until it doesn't work out. But it will give people that warm rush they need, as they watch a way of life come to an end. Some shread to hold on to.

As for the potential lawsuit, it would be a lot easier than you think. Unlike dust, which can be argued came from somewhere other than a cane field, hemp pollen could be easily traced back to the source. As long as the landowner is named it the suit, I'd bet HC&S pulls the plug themselves. Don't worry, I'm sure Monsato will develop a hemp frankenplant with sterile pollen in no time flat.

Unfortunately I'm not kidding.

its weird how life goes by, you remembered most of yours I see,

It is weird how it passes, too fast, too short, Too fuckin' strange. Time erodes the ugly memories quickly, like wind erodes Sandstone. But the good memories endure, just like Granite.

Weez... Main thing, Your the captain. You got something that floats. And ya know where you want to go, or your already there. End of story.

I'm chasing butterflies and a pretty one flew past here

You came to the right place. God (capitalized only because it starts a sentence) only knows there are plenty of those around here....

I swear if you ever wrote a book I would be the first to buy one, or try Your post always have this way grabbing you an pulling you into the story. Would have been nice to live in that time.

Without spelling out my plan I'll say your right, but so am I. Always keep your next move to yourself. It's no cruise ship where all the meals are prepped for ya an foo foo drinks galore. But it is a nice sail boat where I'm the captain, an I see a couple different color choices. But with any sail boat, it takes work to make it work.

In case you haven't noticed, let me make this clear, I am writing a book. Even better, it ain't gonna cost you a penny to read..... because we're both doing it now.

Here we go... let's bring this full circle.

It's all about opportunity. Last generation, this one, or the next, I can see through only one set of eyes. I can tell you what was told to me. I can tell you what I saw (ie the Wayback Machine). You guys seem to like that, so we can't go to that well too many times. I can tell you what I see, but frankly, you don't want to hear it. If I were in your shoes I wouldn't listen either. To do that would kill the very thing that keeps every one of us looking forward to the next day.

You know, I was gonna kick the dead rotting horse corpse one last time.....now I see, no need.

I should... just to get us back to our regularly scheduled growlog.

OK.

Straight face.

[begin rant] Who the FUCK do I gotta blow to get this FUCKIN' rain to stop? Seriously? Is this some kinda sick joke? Thirteen fuckin' inches today on the North Shore. Fuckin' sucks to be them. Here we only got two inches. TODAY. And two yesterday. And two the day before that. Excerta excerta excerta.[not done yet]

And what the FUCK is up with this miserable little piece of shit storm? It won't move! It ain't wide, but it NEVER ends! You wanna talk about a stress test? Well baby we're doing it.[end rant]

Weather has been less than optimal. Luckily, we were in the process of becoming legal again, knocking down everything ready before the rain. All that is left are a bunch of young plants, which like the rain, and a pile of younger Skunkdogs, in bondage, that can (hopefully) last until it stops.

Other than that my wonderful puppies discovered a lizard in a crack on the side of the gulch garden. They decided to dig it out Unfortunately, on the end that the dirt spewed out, sat my next two Skunkdog plants, two weeks away from harvest. But I'm sure all this rain will wash them squeaky clean. It's only dirt. They weren't that sticky. No matter, I have enough work up ahead to keep me busy 'til then.

 

[Dirtboy808]

Sunny here which is surprising. The north end of island got it and they needed rain. Some late fronts pushing through and now more Kona winds which is good for me .
Now you got a Dirty Skunk, new strain? maybe it is a landrace. Oh I think I may have a old Pan- Am bag from way way back when were in elementary school. Before backpacks.

 

[kalopatchkid]

Grower in Kona said GH is flying today...just a heads up.

 

[Weezard]

Have not seen, or heard GH North of Kailua, yet.
I'll holler if I do.

 

[oldhaole]

Six hours ago, he/she (I don't know, didn't get in that deep) was looking for dinner. Now he/she is dinner, and quite a tasty one at that.

Dinner was a Striped Papio. Also known as a Big Eye Papio, these fish are normally caught at night, and in deep water. Niether of where this fish was caught. What started off as strictly a recon mission, turned into a nice productive day.

Fact of the matter is we need a new spot. All of the old reliable spots are all fished out, and worse yet, the're infested with kids. We taught these punks, now they are icing us out of our spots! That's not what we taught 'em. So fuck'em. We need new ground. Old age and treachery trump youth and inexperience every single time..

Speaking of youth, my partners son and his friend were on the trail at dawn. They did the heavy lifting, we got there about 11 AM, and skated in light, just a single spinner pole each. They also hauled everything, my fish included, out. See? This is the way is should always be done! We did a good job of schooling these pups.

There are two ways in. The North consists of an hour and a half of traffic on a nice smooth road, then a 45 minute walk in. The South consists of a hour and a half of long, uglyassed, dirt road that may or may not need to be built as you go, but only a 10 minute walk to the spot. Even better, the bay can't be seen from the trail, so the few tourists that hike that far just pass on by, if you don't know what trail to take.... your never gonna find it.

The last time Haleakala erupted was in 1789. It was a small flank eruption, not too high up, the lava reached the sea over a 7 mile front. But it missed some places. Called Kipukas these area for some reason the lava went around. This bay is one of those places, a Black Sand beach, with underground fresh water complete with a spring. Besides shade trees there's even a couple of coconut palms, complete with nuts, that have no business growing out in the middle of a lava field. And I am talking about the exact center of downtown Nowhere.

Besides fish, the area is also loaded with goats, aka as moving targets. You could bring the artillery and blaze away without anyone giving a shit.

So here's the plan.

Next time we come in the hard way. In the truck, with the quad in the back. Haul all the poles and heavy shit in with that. Since driving on the trail is illegal as hell, we'll do it in at dawn, then stash the quad. Fish as long as we want, in a pristine new place.... Complete with fish!

And there are fish there! Lot's! Besides my dinner, I caught an O'io. good for fishcake, that is why we were there in the first place. Partner's son caught three O'io. Partner's Son's friend caught 2. Partner caught a Tablebaum (aka a Table Bum) which I promptly threw back. He wasn't happy. Also caught a pile of small game, which we cooked and ate for lunch.

Better yet, we got spooled twice. No heavy gear, can't turn the fish around. But looking down from our little perch we could see the Umilus and Uluas right up against the rocks. Dudes! All 15 lbs or bigger. Saw three schools, at least 10 fish total. And those are just the daytime fish! I'm sure that bay is holding a ton of Red Fish. Just need a dark night.

Since this is a give and take kinda situation, we were just given a great new spot, what got taken?

Easy. All those pretty plants? They don't look pretty anymore. I haven't checked in a few days, but we have had nonstop rain for the last couple of weeks. It would be easier if I just composted a couple of the uglier ones, and not try to salvage anything to blast, It's a mess.

All except the Skunkdogs. I have two half covered in dirt, thanks to the dogs, and then seven more, slightly behind, which still have a chance. The cruel joke of a storm. 50 miles wide, 1000 miles long and parked right on us has moved, so things will be soon getting better. We had to have some rain over Spring, we just got it all at once. Sucks if you have mature plants while this is happening.

Don't really care about the plants. The seven I took before the rain just need to be trimmed, we got stock. BFD.

What's really important is we just scored a cherry new place to fish. Do this right, don't get caught, we can live down there! Put some fish tails up above the garage again! Who knows? This may just be a good year.

 

[Dirtboy808]

Knows how that rain thing goes but glad you found a good spot that is hard these days for sure. The Ohia is only now blooming and that is a month or more late. Your Jacaranda blooming? Went to Kona and them and Silver Oak are in full bloom.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

With seeds you never know what you get, they take more time, and present more of an unmovable, tempting, target for Green Harvest. If they let us grow 70 instead of 7, sure, I'd try seeds again. No, that's a lie.... fuck it, I'm over seeds.

how can you say goodbye to them 10 foot tree's? lol i guess trimming days gets old

 

[oldhaole]

Green Harvest was Flown This Week.

Green Harvest was Flown This Week.

There. That's the important part. If I was a betting man, my money would be on the BI next week. You heard it here first. Have fun.

The rest is my usual nonsense. Proceed if you wish.

Hey guys, Sorry to go and change the mood, but shit just happened.

When I really need to, this is where I dump.... and we have a full truck tonight.

This is also where I try to give you a glimpse into the future, what could be, what should be, and what it is.

Here's the lesson..... When you get to be a certain age, and you'll know it when it cracks you across the chops, you have no business on a motorcycle.

Bobby might as well be dead. You've met him here. He was the clown that woke me up with a fish at 5 AM. Who knows, by the time you read this he just may really be dead. He's in Maui Memorial, in extremely critical condition. They found him a mile from his house, apparently on the way home, he lost control of the bike and hit a telephone pole. When I saw him this morning, he was in top shape, gonna go up and ride the mountain. He's had the bike for a good two weeks, most of that time getting fixed up for the street.

Just got the call. He's gone. Over, done, just like that.

Dead. He was fuckin' younger than me! I saw him this morning, stoked, ready for a day of fun, now he's dead! Who can you be mad at? There is no why. No one to blame. What exactly happened, we can only guess at.

Needless to say, I'm flustered.

Talk about a concept I can not wrap my brain around. Alive, happy, in the morning, dead before sunset. Talk about unfair. A sixteen year old girl gets to grow up without her father. Bobby was my partner's brother in law. They were/are Portugeese, very much like each other, to the point of, like the two same poles of a magnet, they were constantly repelling each other. My purpose it this twisted relationship was like a hunk of iron. Both magnets could latch on, get messages through, without any actual contact. It wasn't like they didn't get along, but they didn't, now I hear a regret in my partner's voice I've never heard before. This is gonna rock him to the core. His wife just lost her father less than a year ago. Now her brother is dust too.

There are lessons here. And I'm kinda pissed, so I'm not gonna sugarcoat them. A good man died today, because he didn't get the lesson.

Motorcycles and the street. I don't care how good a rider you are, there are too many dumbshits in big safe cars that don't give a fuck about you. They don't see you. You'll eventually get hurt if your lucky, if your not lucky..... Remember Bobby. I've lost three friends to wrecks on motorcycles in the last 10 years. Each one was on the street. Bikes belong on the dirt. Period.

Most important. Life is short. It's fragile, As Bobby found out tomorrow is NOT guaranteed. If you have something to say, best get it off your chest, work it out, or work around it. Agree to disagree if that's the only way. But get along. That shit left unsaid.... it's gonna eat at the one left behind forever. So you leave nothing unsaid.

Little things, in the end matter. Bobby didn't expect to croak, none of us do. Life is messy, do what you can to put your affairs in order now, make your wishes known should something like this happen to you, at very least the people that love you know what you want done.

Shit.

I should just end this here. Wifey checked this post out while I was over at my partner's place, and she even liked it, which means nobody was offended. Her advice was to just post it.

But a LOT of shit happened this week.

Grey just called. He said the contest went off without a flaw. But that's his story when he wishes to tell it.

This last harvest was blown. Too many days of rain, the garden is a mess, salvage job the whole way. The next couple of weeks are gonna be ugly.

And I got a funeral to go to.

Just hope it ain't my own.