01 o 07
Nā pahu a me nā'ōpū no nā mea uluʻai
ʻO ka kohoʻana i kahi pahu no ka uluʻana i nā mea kanu e hiki ke hoʻohoka a hoʻouluhua. Hiki i ke koho ke hoʻololi nui i ka hopena o kāu mau mea kanu a inā ola lākou. ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomanaʻoʻia,ʻo ia ka hoʻomaopopoʻana i ka uluʻana o kāu kumulāʻau i nā lumi no ka pakūʻana o ke aʻa. Ināʻoe e ulu nei i nā kumulāʻau nui (kōmato), e hoʻomaopopo i ka nui a me ka luʻu nui o ka ipu a hikiʻole i ka mea kanu ke lele i loko o ka makani ikaika. No ka nui o nā meaʻai, nāʻoihana nui aʻe. ʻO ka nui o ka lepo e waiho ai kāu kolo i kahi lumi no ka hewa e loaʻa ai iāʻoe no ka mea he lepo ka mea e mālama ai i ka meaʻai a me ka wai no kāu mau mea kanu aʻo ka nui o ka lepo e mālama i ka wai a me ka meaʻai no ka lōʻihi.
Ua hoʻokomo au i 5 o kaʻu mau puna punahele i waho no ka uluʻana i nā mea kanu.
02 o 07
ʻO nā pahu honua ka pahuhopu punahele oʻu no nā mea kanu ulu
Inā makemake wau eʻohi i hoʻokahi pahu no ka uluʻana i nā mea kanu , e lilo ia i pahu pahu. ʻO kēia mau kiko wai inu, nui wai maikaʻi, maikaʻi a'alahi a hiki ke hoʻohana. Uaʻike wau i ka'ōlelo a ka mea hana, i hiki i ka pahu pahu ke hāʻawi i ka pālua i kaʻohiʻana i ka hoʻohālikelikeʻana i ka uluʻana o nā huaʻai i ka wā maʻamau. ʻAʻoleʻike wale wau i ka uluʻana o nā meaʻai i loko o ka pahu pahu holomua, uaʻike au ua nui ka nui o nā huaʻai i ka mea i uluʻia i loko o nā pahu. He meaʻuʻuku ka kūʻaiʻana i nā hale noho honua, akā, ua lōʻihi loa lākou a ua pono ke kumukūʻai. Ua hoʻohana au i kekahi o kaʻu mauʻoihana no 8 mau makahiki a ua maikaʻi lākou me he mea hou. Ua haʻi mai ka mea hana iā wau he loaʻa lākou i kahi o 25 mau makahiki a me kā lākou hana e like me ka mea hou.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka pahu honua, ināʻoe e mālama i ke kai i piha i ka wai, e loaʻa i kāu mau mea kanu ka nui o ka wai e pono ai lākou e ulu a maikaʻi paha (me ka nui o ka lā) ka mea nui loa no nā mea kanu - ʻo nā'ōmato.
I koʻu ho'āʻoʻana i nā pahu'ē aʻe e ulu i nā pahu , na nā mea hana'ē aʻe, a ua hana maikaʻi lākou,ʻo ka EarthBox kaʻu mea punahele no kona lōʻihi, kūpono, a me ka hana.
03 o 07
ʻO nā'ōmaʻa maikaʻiʻo ka waiwai kūpono a me nā mea kanu
Kui i loko o ka Big Bag Nā keiki mai Smart Pots. © Kerry Michaels Hanaʻia nā'ōmole maikaʻi i kahi polypropyleneʻeleʻele a he mea kūpono no ka uluʻana i nāʻano mea kanu a me nā mea kanu . Ma muli o ka hanaʻana i ka hanu hanu, maikaʻi nā'ōmole maikaʻi no nā aʻa o kāu mau mea kanu, e pale ana iā lākou e lilo i paʻa . He māmā nā māmā maikaʻi,ʻoihana waiwai, a he mea nui loa no ka uluʻana i kaʻuala a me nā tumato. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka laikini ulu ulu , nā mea kanu, nā blueberries, tomatillos , a me ka eggplant. Hele mai kēia mau ipu lepo i nāʻano likeʻole he nui, e like me ka "Big Bag Bed," e like me ka nui o ka moena. He nui nā'ōkoʻomaʻa maikaʻi no nā māla o ke kūlanakauhale aʻo mākou kekahi o mākou i hoʻolālāʻia kahi o ka hoʻolālā - i ka hopena o ka wā, holoi waleʻoe, hoʻopili a mālama i nā mea.
Hiki iāʻoe keʻoki iā X i loko o nāʻaoʻao o nā ipu hao no nā kanu kanu, no ka mea,ʻaʻoleʻo ka mea nui e hoʻonui ai i kāu wahi ulu, ua maikaʻi ka nānā.
04 o 07
Ka Hale Lulu Kuleana Reusable
ʻO ka mea kanu kūpaʻa. © Kerry Michaels ʻAʻole wau iʻike i keʻano o nāʻeke kūʻai lole ulaula, akā, uaʻike koʻu mau mea kanu a me nā mea kanu. Ke hoʻohana nei au i keʻano o nāʻeke e maʻaleʻaleʻa a loaʻa i kaʻulaʻula ma waho a me nā hulu a me nā lole ma kaʻaoʻaoʻaoʻao. ʻO nā mea i hana i ka lole a pauʻole i ka hope loa no ke kauwela a pau a hiki ke'āwīwī koke. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka maikaʻi nui e ulu ana i nāʻanoʻano nui o nā mumia i loko o lākou; mai nā poʻe'anakahi lahilahi aʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea kanu ulu nui. Ua ulu nui wau i nā mea kanu, letus, peas a me nā uala a me nā mea kanu ulu i loko o nāʻeke, me ka pōmaikaʻi nui.
Makemake wau i ka mea maʻamau (ʻoi pinepine i $ 1.00) a hele mai i nā kala a me nā'ōkoʻomaʻo. Hoʻokahi wale nō manawa e hoʻoholo ai, no laila, e kau iā lākou i ka hopena.
Hoʻokahi'ōlelo hoʻolaha: Ke hanaʻia nei kekahi mauʻeke i ka'ilika, i ka wā e wāwahi aiʻo ia he meaʻino.
05 o 07
E kanu i nā meaʻai nui ma Straw Bale Gardens
ʻO Straw Bale Gardens. Kikokikona © Kerry Michaels ʻO kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa o ka uluʻana i ka māla lāʻau maloʻo , hiki iāʻoe ke ulu i ka mālaʻai ma kekahi mahele. Loaʻa i ka holo māmā? E kanu i kāu māla ma luna pono'ī. ʻO ka hanaʻana i ka māla bale'ōpala kekahi kekahi o nā ala maʻalahi a maʻalahi loa e loaʻa ai kahi ulu ulu nui me kaʻeliʻana i kahi māla. Makemake au i keʻano o ia mea, akā, he mea okoa ia, e like me kā aʻu mau keiki e kapa aku ai, "ka mahiʻai," nānā, kapa wau he hauʻoli a hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻole. Eia naʻe, ma ka hopena o ka wā, e like me kaʻano o ka'ōpala o ka bale,ʻoi aku kaʻoi o ka māla ma mua o kahi mea liʻiliʻi.
Makemakeʻoe i kekahi manawa e kiʻiʻia ai kāu mau bale bale ma mua o ke kanuʻana iā lākou. Ma ka hoʻouluʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka wai ma kahi oʻumi mau lā, hoʻomaka ka bale e waiʻi i loko o loko a ma hope o ka emiʻana o ka wela o kēia hana, ua mākaukau nā bale e kanu.
06 o 07
Nā Pūʻupuina Kōʻiliʻili ma nā Pānaʻi Manua
Kōpena kini. Kikokikona © Kerry Michaels Hoʻohana wau i nā poʻi nui no nā waihona waho, no nā mea kanu a me nā kīkākeke. Inā heleʻoe i nā hale kūʻai a me nā kūʻai pālua a hiki i ka loaʻaʻana o nā hīnaʻi nui no ke kālā liʻiliʻi. ʻIke au i ka piha o ka piha i ka piha o ka wā,ʻo nā mea i penaʻia - kekahi mauʻoihana e like me ko lākou mau makahiki. Nui nāʻano o ka hoʻomākaukauʻana i nā hīnaʻi - e hoʻopaʻa iā lākou me ka puʻupuʻu aiʻole pinepine paha, e kōkua ai i ka mālamaʻana i ka wai, e kau aku wau iā lākou i kahiʻeke ulaula maʻemaʻe - e hana i nā puka nui i lalo o keʻeke no ka wai.
ʻIke wau i nā'ati i penaʻia i loko o nāʻulaʻula e hiki ai ke hāʻawi i kou pāla, patio a pāpale paha i ka pop popula.
07 o 07
Nā Pākewewe
Nā pahu piha me nā Greens Greens. © Kerry Michaels Makemake au e kanu i nā poʻi me ka letus,'ōmaʻomaʻi a me nā mea kanu paha. He mea maʻamau, leʻaleʻa aʻoluʻolu. ʻO kaʻaoʻao wale nōʻo ia i ka wā eʻoki aiʻoe i kekahi o ka letus, e nānā paha ka hinai i kahi haʻahaʻa. Hoʻokahiʻaoʻao e pili ana i kēia mea e mālama i nā hua e ulu mau ana e pani i ka mea āu iʻai ai.
Eia kekahi, e mae wale ka'ōpū - i ka lā makani, hiki i ka makani wela ke hoʻomalu i kaʻoihana māmā mai kou lepo. No ka hakakāʻana i kēia, hana pinepine wau i nā pūnana pūnane me ka paʻake a nānā pū aku hoʻi i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā, i kekahi manawa iʻelua manawa eʻike ai inā makemake lākou e hoʻoinu. He mea maikaʻi nō hoʻi e hāʻawi i ka hīnaʻi e like me kēia o ka malu o ke awakea ināʻoe e noho i kahi wela.