{"id":228,"date":"2009-11-29T20:52:58","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T06:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washedashore.com\/eggsntea\/?p=228"},"modified":"2009-11-29T21:16:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T07:16:37","slug":"tea-and-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/2009\/11\/tea-and-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea, rain, and recent farm tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As those of you following on facebook or twitter may know, we sold out of our <a href=\"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/teafarm\/\">second harvest of tea <\/a> in early November.\u00a0 I can see from the happy growing tea plants that it&#8217;s time to harvest again, but the weather has been very rainy for a couple weeks now.\u00a0 The tea loves the rain, but we&#8217;re waiting for a sunny day which is important to the harvest process of picking and sun-withering.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there have been several recent farm tours, including neighbors, a large group of mothers with their toddlers and babies from Waikoloa, and a couple guys with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kanuhawaii.org\/\">Kanu Hawaii<\/a> from Oahu:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"really loved the organic farm tour ben and jacoby gave today ... on Twitpic\" href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/qbzwp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/show\/thumb\/qbzwp.jpg\" alt=\"really loved the organic farm tour ben and jacoby gave today ... on Twitpic\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On October 31, there was the big tour from the Hamakua Sustainable <a href=\"http:\/\/hamakuadev.org\/\">Agriculture Classes<\/a>, pictures from that event (some by <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/nicomilne123\/BigIsland#\">Nicole<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/nicomilne123\/BigIsland#5399704338213617538\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_ER0JDc_ZVxo\/Su-afJtbv4I\/AAAAAAAAAsg\/3uosGsSvRR4\/s128\/big%20island%20fall%2009%20307.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/FMk6lyfAkOGSj7agOMCesA?feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5SfuxEG63Y4\/Svdp2s5QSeI\/AAAAAAAAB6M\/1BN8aEdzVD8\/s144\/DSC06413.JPG\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/P4oumB8TzquA5PifcTUo_g?feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5SfuxEG63Y4\/Svdp-ZjtdOI\/AAAAAAAAB6Q\/HssOZ-MSPCY\/s144\/DSC06420.JPG\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/wNRf7Yxu_bDHEY3RnPzcpw?feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5SfuxEG63Y4\/SvdquI9XtAI\/AAAAAAAAB6U\/GboHbgQZg1U\/s144\/DSC06421.JPG\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/aK6M-YIysLplHtULejVFfw?feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_5SfuxEG63Y4\/SvdsACY9fOI\/AAAAAAAAB6g\/SfezdjMyy4w\/s144\/DSC06440.JPG\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/nicomilne123\/BigIsland#5399704342039076962\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_ER0JDc_ZVxo\/Su-afX9foGI\/AAAAAAAAAsk\/iiCxSo3jUH8\/s128\/big%20island%20fall%2009%20318.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/nicomilne123\/BigIsland#5399711280068155410\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_ER0JDc_ZVxo\/Su-gzOIh2BI\/AAAAAAAAAss\/3Gn0NuAA5l0\/s128\/big%20island%20fall%2009%20320.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/nicomilne123\/BigIsland#5399711288443113682\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_ER0JDc_ZVxo\/Su-gztVRkNI\/AAAAAAAAAsw\/iZtY8lkTWpA\/s128\/big%20island%20fall%2009%20332.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/nicomilne123\/BigIsland#5399711304997588722\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_ER0JDc_ZVxo\/Su-g0rAKzvI\/AAAAAAAAAs4\/9Z6OrPzUQJ8\/s128\/big%20island%20fall%2009%20345.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As those of you following on facebook or twitter may know, we sold out of our second harvest of tea in early November.\u00a0 I can see from the happy growing tea plants that it&#8217;s time to harvest again, but the &hellip; 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