Hello everyone,
I am trying to inquire about the area. I currently just purchased 3 acres of land on Omega Rd in fern forest Hawaii... I want to leave the military after 10+ years because I realized I am honestly just not happy. I don't enjoy working mediocre jobs to buy things I don't really need just so someone else can benefit off of my hard work. It is time for something new... The plan was to build an affordable dwelling with solar and rain water catchment and establish my own fruit perennial orchard using a permaculture concept. I wanted to grow perennial peanut as a living mulch instead of having grass and obviously have a wide variety of fruit tree's, free range chickens and possibly a goat. I am not looking to really clear a whole lot of the land as I want to keep from degrading it. I understand because it is at a higher elevation that certain things have difficulty growing without a green house. If anyone has recently purchased or established themselves in the same area and wants to swap information or help each other out please get in touch with me. I have never built a house before and I am planning on selling my home here in Washington to fund my build. Has anyone dealt with any of the contractors on the island? Any recommendations for cheap affordable homes other then the obvious answer of "build it yourself". I can always learn but I am trying to consider my options. What grows well in that area? Any help would be appreciated... Feel free to email me at
JonZahler@yahoo.com if you have any serious information. For anyone that might actually be my new neighbors I say "Aloha".
- Jon Z.
