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Aloha everyone,
Just joined because I was looking to see what others are planting this fall in their gardens, but was struck by "Susie"'s post on moving to Molokai. She is long gone by now, it looks like.
I live on Kauai in an old plantation-era home in an older neighborhood. I spent years planning my family's move and it has made all the difference. The people of Kauai have welcomed us (which astounds me every day) and the Aloha here is unsurpassed by any of the places I have lived on the mainland. There are many times I have walked out of my home and come back with armfuls of fruit from my neighbors. So, I am learning to can preserves.
Being on the Garden Isle, I am interested to know what crops people grow too. My vanilla is going off! But my tomatoes are pretty sad looking.
I love it here, and despite the problems we face on this island, I would never ever leave it for the mainland. I'd live on the beach before I would go live in a mcmansion on the ML.
I hope this post does not wrongfully encourage people like "Susie" to just pack up and move here. It is not for everyone---especially those who have not even visited. Visit, visit again, visit once more. Then stay for a month at a minimum before you even consider it. If you cannot afford to do that, then you cannot afford to live here either. It takes a commitment in the beginning especially.
The really funny thing about Susie's post was that she said she was used to traveling 45 minutes to get groceries - so she was used to rural life. I had to laugh. We don't have to travel that far - but "getting groceries" is not exactly what I would call going to a little store like Sueokas or Ishihara. You go for raw ingredients - basics like fish and greens - not boxed mac n'cheese or other things that have to be shipped in. I watch people at these stores - visitors are buying what they are used to getting at big stores (stuff in the middle isles) - folks who live here are shopping at the perimeter (fish, veggies, meats).
Just my observations thus far. One malahini wahine's take on living Kauai. Hope it does not offend anyone.
Just joined because I was looking to see what others are planting this fall in their gardens, but was struck by "Susie"'s post on moving to Molokai. She is long gone by now, it looks like.
I live on Kauai in an old plantation-era home in an older neighborhood. I spent years planning my family's move and it has made all the difference. The people of Kauai have welcomed us (which astounds me every day) and the Aloha here is unsurpassed by any of the places I have lived on the mainland. There are many times I have walked out of my home and come back with armfuls of fruit from my neighbors. So, I am learning to can preserves.
Being on the Garden Isle, I am interested to know what crops people grow too. My vanilla is going off! But my tomatoes are pretty sad looking.
I love it here, and despite the problems we face on this island, I would never ever leave it for the mainland. I'd live on the beach before I would go live in a mcmansion on the ML.
I hope this post does not wrongfully encourage people like "Susie" to just pack up and move here. It is not for everyone---especially those who have not even visited. Visit, visit again, visit once more. Then stay for a month at a minimum before you even consider it. If you cannot afford to do that, then you cannot afford to live here either. It takes a commitment in the beginning especially.
The really funny thing about Susie's post was that she said she was used to traveling 45 minutes to get groceries - so she was used to rural life. I had to laugh. We don't have to travel that far - but "getting groceries" is not exactly what I would call going to a little store like Sueokas or Ishihara. You go for raw ingredients - basics like fish and greens - not boxed mac n'cheese or other things that have to be shipped in. I watch people at these stores - visitors are buying what they are used to getting at big stores (stuff in the middle isles) - folks who live here are shopping at the perimeter (fish, veggies, meats).
Just my observations thus far. One malahini wahine's take on living Kauai. Hope it does not offend anyone.
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Nice to meet you!
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