Papaya

Isn't papaya pretty? It's kind of an acquired taste to be fair, probably due to the healthy digestive enzymes in them. But they are pretty much nutritional rock stars, I eat them with a twist of a lime.



Oh tiny fruits! We are getting these lovely little eggplants, mandarin oranges and as always the small avos and apple bananas... aren't they just sweet looking? I thought years ago that if I ever designed a fashion line it would be fruit and vegetable inspired and seeing all these little ones makes me think about such a line even more. Maybe I'll try to work on some sketches. I embroidered a banana onto one of my dresses, but most people think it's a moon.

yard to table

More on food as a social issue...

I get such a kick from having all kinds of food growing all around us here... Here are some shots from the trees in our yard. I probably eat two apple bananas and an avocado every day.

The apple bananas are incredibly delicious and nutritious, they are also quite darling. The banana tree isn't really a tree at all, it's just a very large herb. Each stalk only fruits once and then it falls over.


Avocados are such a nutritionally rich food, and they also help with nutrient absorption. They get a bad rap in our calorie conscious society, but as far as I'm concerned the more avos the better.

Heddles Farm

As far as I'm concerned it's darn near criminal what's happened to our food supply. If loading down the soil with all kinds of petroleum made nitrates wasn't enough, now they are genetically modifying the seeds. It's really tough to sit by and watch our country bloat up like balloons... Not to mention the cows and the chickens all hemmed in sucking on antibiotics and things they they'd never imagine eating themselves.

We've been trying to eat local for years now but thanks to the infinite life force of Kauai we are taking local to a whole new level...

enter: Heddles Farm


I started Heddles Farm off fairly modestly on a small patch of land about 5' by 6', the soil is very rich in our little town (it's been river silt for hundreds (maybe thousands?) of years), but it's also quite sandy. I mixed in our compost humus mixture to try and give our little crops the nutrients they need... hopefully it'll be enough.

I'm growing: lettuce, kale, tat soy, bok choy, chard, beets and basil.
In a few weeks I hope to plant some cherry tomatoes and hot peppers.

My biggest challenge so far has been pet traffic... the neighbor's dog even stole my sign!