Log

Log of hours and activities for each learning goal: weekly digest of activities and hours worked, plus cumulative total hours worked.

 

Week Weekly Activity Weekly hours Cumulative hours
Week 1: Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative Lecture 15 15
Discussion, networking, community building 17 17
Hands-on projects: weeding and planting the chinampas, processing cassava maneoka, harvesting turmeric 14 14
Movie: Seeds of Permaculture and slideshows: Jenny Pell’s journey with permaculture, and What Is Permaculture? 5 5
Blogging  6  6
Poetry and watercolors  1  1
Reading: Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual 1 1
Cultural: yoga, open mic, community gathering 6 6
Weekly total 65  65
Week 2: Pono Grown Farm Lecture 17 32
Discussion, networking, community building: feedback circle, fire circle 22 39
Hands-on projects: digging garden beds, herbal medicine making and harvesting, planting and mulching avocado trees, turning cover crops, honey harvesting and beekeeping, sifting compost, golden milk demonstration, coconut opening demonstration 20 34
Blogging 4 10
Reading: Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual 2 3
Movie: Seed and slideshow: Anahata and Bloom’s Permaculture Action tour 4 9
Field Trips: PermaBlitz: J’anti’s orchards with a tour and weeding, and weeding hairy veg on Devon’s farm; Maui Bees; Pukalani farmer’s market; Makawao Street Fair 15 15
Weekly total 84  149
Week 3: Ahimsa Sanctuary Farm Lecture 14 46
Discussion, networking, community building: potluck, Farmer’s Union meeting 22 61
Hands-on: farm tour, weeding and prepping herb garden, distilling turmeric, moving chicken coop, propagating vetiver, turning worm bins, making salves 16 50
Slideshows: Jenny’s experience with permaculture part 2, coppicing 3 12
Plant Profile 6 6
Blogging 4 14
Maori water ceremony; Pre-ceremony preparations of cleaning kitchen and making bouquets  10  10
Weekly total 75  224
Week 4: Whispering Winds Bamboo Cooperative Lecture 15  61
Discussion, networking, community building 18  79
Hands-on: farm tour, pruning, grafting workshop, Korean natural farming, painted bamboo, local food processing workshop, mucked out the pond, garden design at Lokahi 18  68
Slideshows: Biodynamics, Natural building; Documentary 5  17
Blogging 2  16
Design group work 6  6
Field trips: Stefan’s property, Lokahi 8  23
Weekly total 72  296
Week 5: Hale Akua Garden Farm and Permaculture Center Lecture 8  69
Discussion, networking, community building 11  90
Hands on: farm tour 1  69
Design project and presentations 33  39
Talent show 3  3
Guest speaker: Gabriel from Seeds of Change 1  1
Next steps panel 2  2
Blogging 1  17
Graduation ceremony 2  2
Weekly total 62  358
Week 6: Internship at Whispering Winds Bamboo Cooperative Monday 02.12.18: Blog work and midquarter evaluation 3
Tuesday: 02.13.18: Clean quonset and prepare for bike bamboo workshop, propagate mamace 8
Wednesday: 02.14.18: propagate mamace, harvest and plant pigeon pea seeds, weed, fertilize and mulch bamboo plants 9
Thursday: 02.15.18: plant pigeon pea seeds, weed nursery 8
Friday: 02.16.18: Blog work 3
Weekly total 31 389
Week 7: Internship at Whispering Winds Bamboo Cooperative Monday: 02.19.18: Fix water line 3
Tuesday: 02.20.18: Gathered and prepared bamboo poles to fix tools 9
Wednesday: 02.21.18: Planted papaya seeds, righted plants that were knocked over by wind, continued working on tools 9
Thursday: 02.22.18: Harvested and processed turmeric 9
Friday: 02.23.18: weeded and mulched papaya grove, weeded and mulched banana, avocado, and guava trees 7
Saturday: 02.24.18: weeded and mulched banana and guava trees, edged and weeded garden, planted comfrey, cut back grass from pumpkins and vetiver 8
Sunday 02.25.18: blog work 3
Weekly total 48 437
Week 8: Whispering Winds Bamboo Cooperative Tuesday: 02.27.18: Harvested bamboo 8
Wednesday: 02.28.18: Collected bamboo, processed pigeon pea seeds, moved horse fence 8
Thursday: 03.01.18: Harvested and processed turmeric, harvested fruit 8
Sunday: 03.04.18: Blog work 2
Weekly total 26 463
Whispering Winds Bamboo Cooperative – Week 9 Tuesday 03.06.18: Unloaded bamboo, painted Bali House stairs, moved cow fence, checked bamboo markings, propagated Hiruse 8
Wednesday: 03.07.18: Weeded and mended shade cloth, propagated Hiruse, made coconut mulch, moved and composted bamboo plants 8
Thursday: 03.08.18: Prepared and planted turmeric bed 8
Friday: 03.09.18: Weeded, mulched, and fertilized small trees, mulched and fertilized pineapples and verigated bananas 7
Saturday: 03.10.18: Mulched ginger, planted vetiver 6
Sunday: 03.11.18: Blog work 1
Weekly total: 38 501
Cumulative 501