On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:42:26 -0600, Gloria P >
wrote:

>pure kona wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:33:40 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> Gloria P > wrote:

>> Hate to be so smart about this, but this is my real life-- having been
>> a coffee farmer over 21 years. It is against the law, to send the
>> outside of the coffee fruit- that fresh juicy red skin, out of Hawaii
>> to anywhere.
>>
>> I have read in some journals that chemists are making some fancy face
>> moisturizer-application with the coffee skins and it is guaranteed to
>> make your skin perfectly wonderful.
>>
>
>
>Aren't they all? ;-)
>
>I tasted he coffee fruit last year at this time when we were
>visiting relatives who live in Kurtistown outside of Hilo.
>I thought they were really tasty. Their neighbors have a few
>coffee, macadamia, and mango trees.
>
>When they retired to Hawaii ~15 years ago they thought it would
>be a little extra income to raise those but it was more work and
>much less marketability than they expected especially since they
>travel a lot.
>
>Now most of the "crops" are gleaned by the feral pigs.
>
>gloria p
I don't think your relatives are alone in their quest for paradise and
have "extra money". Farming, I don't have to tell you, is constant,
sweaty, stressful because of the weather, and yes, those feral pigs
are part of the problem. (The pigs were here last night, snuffling up
the ground.) My husband is a dedicated farmer and has been since he
graduated from the College of Tropical Agriculture more than 30 years
ago. He is passionate about walking his 5 acres- twice each day! He
is passionate about the health of all of our plants. It is admirable,
im(not so)ho <g>.

We see plenty of people who think they will come to Hawaii and farm
and they do not have the theoretical background nor the capacity to
see the amount of hard work it takes- daily!

Oh well farmers everywhere know what it takes, so your job is to
enjoy the fruits of their labor.

aloha,
Cea