タグ: Weather

▶ April 1, 2026 A Kona Storm Floods the Farm — Our Farmer Stays With the Flock A fierce Kona low storm turned our road into a river. Our farmer stayed at the farm, dug the water a way… September 30, 2025 Farm Notes — September 2025: A Crowded Coop and Shady Summer Rest Two clips from early September: chickens who seem to like tight spaces, and chickens resting in the shade to get through the… May 31, 2025 Farm Notes — May 2025: Eight New Guinea Fowl, Pool Day and Mochi the Rooster Thirty-one clips from May: eight new guinea fowl following Pog and Maple, rooster friendships and rivalries, broody Luna, pool day for the… February 28, 2025 Farm Notes — February 2025: Fifi’s First Goose Egg, Vicky’s First Egg and Two Rescued Kittens Twenty-eight clips from February: first eggs from Fifi the goose and Vicky the Easter Egger, rescued kittens Husk and Fukumaru, a winter… October 31, 2024 Farm Notes — October 2024: A Parade of Cats, Lute the Pigeon and a Double Rainbow Thirty-one little clips from October 2024: Natsu and the farm cats, roosters Hare-chan, Hiyo-chan and Dyson, Lute the pigeon's new home, Muscovy… ▶ October 4, 2024 Bringing Down the Bananas Before the Hurricane — and a Banana Party With a hurricane on the way and every banana suddenly yellow, I take a new saw to a tall banana plant, and… August 31, 2024 Farm Notes — August 2024: Tiffany’s Chicks, Raven’s Survival Skills and Fifi the Goose Thirty-one little clips from August: Tiffany's chicks, Raven, protected by the hens, Sona Grey the fluffy gentleman, Fifi the goose's big voice… ▶ August 3, 2024 Fifi the Goose Is So Friendly — and the Chickens on a Hot Day Fifi the young goose follows our farmer everywhere, even though we were told she wasn't friendly. Plus a dry Hawaiian summer, a… ▶ May 20, 2024 Flooding Near the Farm — Is Everyone Safe? Out-of-season heavy rain turned the road to the farm into a river. Our place came through with just the usual mud, and… ▶ February 1, 2024 Stormy Start to 2024 — but the Chickens Are Doing Fine Wind and rain batter the farm, bananas lose their leaves and things blow over. The chickens don't seem to mind, and the… January 31, 2024 Farm Notes — January 2024: Surprise Brown Eggs, Rainy Days and a Cat Masseuse Eleven little clips from January: our Leghorn mix lays brown eggs, the chickens wait out the rain, tiny chicks feed themselves, Ao… ▶ January 1, 2024 A Rainy Day, the Goats — and Meet Toast, Our Oldest Chicken Rain makes the grass shoot up, so the goats get to work. Then meet tiny Toast, probably our oldest chicken, and a… ▶ December 15, 2023 Mulch for the Mud, a Grub Chase and a Mealworm Feast Fresh mulch for the rain-soaked playground turns up an invasive beetle grub — and a chicken chase — followed by a big… ▶ November 27, 2023 Our Farmer’s Day Off: Mom Serves Breakfast on a Rainy Morning With our farmer taking the day off, Mom handles the chickens' breakfast in the November drizzle — new perches, a new roof,… August 31, 2023 Farm Notes — August 2023: Grey, Oreo and Cho, Chicks in the Sand and a Sushi Collar Thirty-one little clips from August: Grey, Oreo and Cho, roosters in rehab, chicks on a treasure hunt, cats and guinea pigs, and… ▶ May 5, 2023 Rainy Day Update: How Chickens Dodge the Rain Heavy rain at the farm: everyone heads to bed early, Nugget turns out to be a hen, the male ducks are squabbling,… ▶ April 26, 2023 After the Storm — Can No. 354, a Rooster Who Can’t Walk Well, Fit In? Another storm blows through the farm. Then No. 354, a young fighting rooster dumped by the road because of a neurological disease,… ▶ March 18, 2023 Storm Gusts, a Roof Repair, and the Sheep Move to New Grass Hurricane-strength gusts nearly tear a roof off, so I brace it with a frame. Then Blueberry, Strawberry and Watermelon move to a… ▶ March 13, 2023 I Asked the Ducks About the Rain: A Week of Downpours Turns to Mud A week of rain has turned the playground into a swamp, one year after we moved here. I ask the ducks and… ▶ March 1, 2023 Another Downpour: Sawdust on the Floor and Fuyuto’s Mischief After a flood warning and a night of thunder, I spread sawdust over the mud, open the coops to a very relaxed… ▶ February 27, 2023 The Othello Bros. Return, Succulents, and Hawaii’s Rainy Season The Othello twins are back, now huge and about 4 kilos each. Plus hibiscus for the rabbits, a succulent experiment, a new… ▶ December 28, 2022 After the Storm: Drying the Playground and Hosting Twelve Hens I spread dry grass over the muddy playground, look after our neighbor's twelve hens, and the coop gets very, very crowded. ▶ December 21, 2022 A Big Winter Storm Hits the Farm Days of wind, rain and thunder: we packed the chickens indoors, rounded up our neighbors' escaped birds, and came through without major… ▶ December 10, 2022 Hot or Cold? What Winter Is Like on Our Hawaii Farm Many of you asked if we get cold here. A look at winter in Hawaii, why some chickens handle chilly nights better… ▶ November 4, 2022 After the Storm — and Bun-chan the Java Sparrow Flies Free Cleaning up after a downpour, a fifth turtle with a bent shell, Pen-chan tramples my bok choy, and Bun-chan the Java sparrow… ▶ September 24, 2022 Niji, Our Palm-Sized Survivor — and a Rainy Day on the Farm Tiny Niji, who has pulled through a broken wing and a mongoose attack, makes a rare appearance, and the whole farm waits… ▶ August 15, 2022 Blueberries at Last, a Bargain Sprinkler — and Meet Jason The blueberries finally turn blue, a cheap sprinkler cools the playground, and meet Jason, a fighting rooster found on Friday the 13th. ▶ July 1, 2022 Rain Sends the Chickens Running — and We Dig a New Garden Bed A sudden downpour sends the chickens back indoors (the ducks don't mind), then we clear and plow a new patch for corn,… June 30, 2022 Farm Notes — June 2022: Parsley the Duck, a Peacock Family and a Rainbow Thirteen clips from June: Muscovy ducks, a cartoon-like duckling, Parsley looking back, fresh cucumbers and lettuce, a peacock family, a cane toad… ▶ May 16, 2022 A Rainy Day at the Coop — the Ducks Are Loving It Real rain at last: Mint and Chive lay eggs and splash about, the chicks meet their first rain, the garden gets a… ▶ March 29, 2022 Repotting Calamansi, Baby Quail Arrive — and Meet Kin-chan A rainy day: our calamansi gets a bigger pot, four baby jumbo quail move in, and I tell the story of Kin-chan…