ʻO ka puaʻa no ka mālaʻai

ʻO ka puaʻana o nā pua i kāu māla huaʻai ua hāʻawi aku i nā mea he nui. ʻOiai inā he mau manawa liʻiliʻi i loko o kāu mālaʻai, me kahi mau pua nani heʻike. Ma waho o ka wikiwiki e hiki ai iā lākou ke hōʻaʻahu i kahi mea kanu mea kanu, nā hoa a me nā mea kōkua e hāʻawi aku i nā pono no nā mea kanu a pau,ʻaʻole ka mea liʻiliʻi e hoʻonāukiuki i nā beʻa a me nā pollinators i loko o ka mālaʻai. Nui nā lālā o ka lau nahele i nā pua naniʻole e hiki ai ke nānā aku iā lākou,ʻoiai inā kiʻekiʻe lākou i ka nectar. ʻO kekahi o nā pua uliuli,'ōmaʻomaʻa a keʻokeʻo e hoʻoponopono i kēlā pilikia.

Nui nāʻike e pili ana i nā mea kanu e kūpono ana no ka paʻiʻana i nā meaʻono a hoʻopuka i nā inena maikaʻi. Nui loa ka kū'ē'ēʻana i kēia mea aʻaʻole e manaʻo i kekahi mau mea kanu i waeʻia e hoʻopau i nā pilikia o kāu māla. Eia naʻe, kūpono ke ho'āʻoʻana; hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa kahi pale. A inā pono ka pua pono'ī, aia iāʻoe ka maikaʻi o nā aoʻelua.

Ma waho o ka pono o nā hoa kōkua, he wahi nui ka mālaʻai e kanu i nā pua i manaʻoʻia eʻoki. Hiki iāʻoe ke nalu i ka manawa like e koho aiʻoe i nā meaʻai no kaʻaina awakea. Eia kekahi mau koho nui e hoʻohui i kahiʻano hou i kāu mālaʻai.

• 01 o 09

  ʻO Borage

  Hoʻonuiʻo Borage ( Borago officinalis ) i loko o kahi ulu ulu nui i nani i loko o ka māla kanu , akā hiki ke maʻalahi ma nā palenaʻoihana. Akā, he mea kanu i kūpono ma ka home ma ka mālaʻai. ʻO nā pua uliuliʻulaʻula he kukuna no ka pi a he meaʻoluʻolu no nā mea kanu. Hōʻaloʻia nā lau a me nā pua, me kahi'āhiu kukukū maʻemaʻe. Ke ulu nui nei nā mea ulu a hiki ke kau pololei i ka hua. Ma hope o kēlā, ua maʻalahi lākou e pili, no laila e loaʻa iāʻoe kahi lako nui.

  E nānāʻoe i kekahi o nā pua aniani a heʻulaʻula. Hiki ke hoʻopiliʻia e ka mālamalama, ka mahana, a me nāʻano'ē aʻe. Akā hoʻokahi noʻonoʻo e hoʻololi ke kala i ka wā pua o ka pua a lilo i ka pollen. ʻOiai paha e hōʻike ana ke kala polū i nā mea pokepoke iʻole ka waiwai o ka pua. ʻO Pulmonia , ma kaʻohana hoʻokahi, hana like.

• 02 o 09

  Calendula

  ʻO Calendula, aʻo ka'ohua paha, ( Calendula officinalis ) aia i loko o kaʻohana daisy aʻaʻole pili i ka marigolds i ka genus Tagetes . Ua manaʻoʻia ka piligolds he pua pua nani ,ʻoiai e hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa i ka'ōpūʻawaʻawa. ʻO ko lākou'ōniʻoni gulaʻalani e hoʻomālamalama i nā ipu. I loko o ka māla,ʻo ka calendula kahi pilikino pilikino. Hoʻopiʻi ia i kekahi mau meaʻeha, e like me nā pīpī pīpī a me nā mīkoi'ōmato , akā loaʻa nā mea'ē aʻe, e like me aphids . Mai hōʻoleʻoe i kēia. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana ia mea me he'āpana'ōpala, e kau ana ma kēlāʻaoʻao o ka māla mai nā mea kanu, e like me ka pua, ka mea pinepineʻia e nā aphids.

• 03 o 09

  ʻO Cosmos

  Hoʻoulu ka liʻiliʻi o nā pua e like me ka maʻalahi a pua e like me ka manawa o ka cosmos ( Cosmos bipinnatus ). No ka mālaʻaiʻai, koho i nāʻano'ōniʻoniʻo keʻokeʻo a iʻole nā'ōniʻoniʻo e like me 'Cosmic Orange' i hōʻikeʻia maʻaneʻi. Hāpai lākou i nā niho aʻoi aku paha iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, nā'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo. Hiki ke nānā aku kēia mau meaʻawaʻawa i ka maikaʻi, akā, he mau meaʻai kaiākea, e hoʻoneʻe ana i nāʻanoʻokoʻa o nāʻupena palupalu paʻakikī, e like me nā aphids, ka laulā a me nā thrips . Keʻikeʻia nā laikini'ōmaʻomaʻo he lāʻau hoʻopōmaikaʻi a hoʻoponopono iā lākou i ka home i loko o kāu māla e pale i nā'ōpū pest mai lilo i pilikia.

• 04 o 09

  Lavender

  ʻAʻole ponoʻoe eʻike i kahi kumu e kanu ai i ka lavender ( Lavandula sp. A me nā mahi ulu) i kēlā me kēia wahi, akā,ʻo kēlā ala o ka lani a mākou e aloha nui nei, he mea hōʻailona no nā meaʻeha o ka mālaʻai a me ka māla. Uaʻike pahaʻoe e pale aku i ia mea, akā, aia nā meaʻokoʻa a me nā holoholona e mālama pono. Aia ma luna o ka papa helu he mau kiko. ʻAʻole Lavender e hōʻoia iʻoleʻoe e liʻiliʻi, akā e kua i lalo i ka nui o nā ticks ma ia wahi. Moths, e like me kēlā mau pīpī kāpena'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo, eʻimi i ka mea hoʻonāukiuki. Aʻo nāʻiole hoʻi kahi'ē aʻe i ka meaʻai.

• 05 o 09

  ʻO Marigold

  ʻAʻoleʻo Marigolds ( Kākau Sp.) I loaʻa ka mahalo i kūpono lākou. Hoʻopilikia lākou i nā meaʻino ma luna o ka honua a me lalo. ʻO ka nani o kāu māla me nā kumulāʻau marigold a me nā lūlū e noʻonoʻo pono i mua o ka holoʻana i ka laina. E hoʻopilikia i nā pīpī pīkī Mexican ma o ka hoʻopiliʻana iā lākou me kāu mau lālā momona. Ua hōʻoiaʻia lākou me ka hoʻopiʻiʻana i nā piʻi squash , nā thrips, nā'ōuho a me nā whitefles. ʻO kekahi kekahi e hele i waho i kahi kinikani e pepehi i ke aʻa aʻa i ka lepo. Inā he pilikia ka nematodes, ponoʻoe e kanu i kāu marigolds i hoʻokahi makahiki ma mua a waiho i ke aʻa i loko o ka lepo, ma ka hopena o ke kau.

• 06 o 09

  Nasturtium

  ʻO nā hauʻoli nui ( Tropaeolum majus ) makemake i nā mahana mahana a hoʻomau i ka paʻi maikaʻi i loko o ka hāʻule. Hoʻomaikaʻiʻia lākou e nā aphids a me ka loaʻaʻana i kahi paʻi nui. Akā,ʻo ia kekahi o nā huaʻono nani loa (a me nā lau), no laila,ʻaʻole e mōhai aku iā lākou a pau. Hoʻokomo pū nā Nasturtiums i kekahi palekana mai nā pahu a me nā pīpī. ʻO nā kumulāʻau Nasturtium ka nui a maʻalahi eʻohi no ke kanuʻana i ka manawa aʻe. Nui paha ka poʻe i hānau ma o lākou iho. A iʻole paha pahaʻoe e ho'āʻo e hoʻohuli iā lākou i loko o ka nasturtium capers .

• 07 o 09

  Kūleʻa

  ʻO nā sunflowers ( Helianthus ) he mea mahalo maikaʻi no ka mālaʻai. Hana lākou i nā lola nui no ka piʻiʻana i nā mea kanu a he nui nāʻanoʻewa e huki ai i nā mea poke. ʻO ka mea pōʻino,ʻo lākou hoʻi ka mea e hoʻopili ai i nā nāʻelele, a he pilikia ia ināʻoe e ulu ana i ka mea kanu. Akā,ʻo kahi'ōpuʻu momona i hoʻouluʻia, e like me ka'ōpala, i kanuʻia ma lalo iho o lākou, e hele lōʻihi loa i kahi o nā holoholona.

• 08 o 09

  Pīpī

  ʻAʻole iʻaiʻia e nā kānaka ka mea kahiko, nā meaʻalaʻalaʻono ( Lathyrus odoratus ), akā he nui nā mea'ē aʻe i loaʻa iā lākou he meaʻono. Inā hiki iāʻoe ke mālama iā lākou i loko o kāu māla pua, ulu lākou ma ka pā hale palekana o kāu mālaʻai meaʻoi aku. ʻO nā kīhāpaiʻai he mau wahi nui e hoʻokomo i nāʻanoʻokiʻoki liʻiliʻi, no ka meaʻaʻoleʻoe e hopohopo no nā wahi āpau e nānāʻole ai. ʻO ka uluʻana i ka niʻu momona me nā pīni pīni a me nā poʻiʻai he nui keʻano nui e hou aku ai i loko o ka māla a loaʻa ka pono o ka hoʻonuiʻana i nā pollinators i kāu mau pi.

• 09 o 09

  Hinnia

  ʻO nā pua nani he zinnia ( Zinnia elegans ) nā mea momona no ka bees a me nā mea pollinators. Ua heluʻia lākou me ka hummingbirds. ʻO nā mea paler, nā mea pāpaʻi eʻikeʻia he nani i nā pīpī Iapana a hiki ke ho'āʻoʻia e like me kahi'ōpala,ʻoiai ke kānalua mau nei wau e ho'āʻo i kekahi mea e hōʻeuʻeu ai i nā pīpī Japanese. A, e like me kaʻono momona , kanu ka zinnias ma ka māla huaʻai iāʻoe i ka manawa e hoʻohana ai iā lākou iʻokiʻokiʻia nā pua me ka waihoʻoleʻana i nā lapu nui ma kāu māla pua .