Author: Roland
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The Transformation Begins…
September 2004: It Begins to Take Shape Key elements have been established around the place by now: we have our veggie garden feeding us now, hot water coming in from the solar panels, plants starting in the new nursery, and the formation of a master plan for the house refurb. The veggie garden receives quite…
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First Steps (June 2004)
June, 2004 Here we are in the very beginning of our transformation of this lovely piece of land. Small steps. We placed putting in a veggie and herb garden at the top of our list. We’d grown used to having an abundance of fresh food right off the land, so we wanted to get that…
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What We Started With (2002-2003)
Our story begins June, 2004: Lisa, our two cats Kea and Loa, and I arrived on Kaua’i to stay and call this place home. After two years of living close to the land in the isolated community of Kipahulu, we have the experience and knowledge to make a go of it here on Kaua’i. It…
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The Ranch: 1969 – 2002
Early History Here I will recount the story of this place as I remember it… When my grandparents came to this place, it was a base station for a banana growing business called Pacific Hawaii Fruit. My grandfather, Claude Vernon Barker, became a partner in the company while he was still living on O’ahu. Things…