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February 12, 2013 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Maui the Best

Maui No Ka Oi

It’s natural beauty and simplicity is captivating and calming.

The land, the sea, the agricultural beauty…

Marilyn Jansen Lopes
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September 28, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | 1 Comment

The rains at Ulupalakua

Look how pretty Ulupalakua is after a few rains. It became so green.

We saw wild turkeys, baby lambs, shorn sheep, goats and lots of trees at Maui’s Winery, one of our favorite places to just linger and feel a touch of old Maui at Ulupalakua Ranch.

Lovely Ulupalakua… The cloud so low you can barely see Lanai…

Moist and fresh

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September 25, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Perusing My Garden

There was a nice steady rain today up-country Maui. My garden loved the soft raindrops and delightful moisture.

I was preparing to harvest enough lettuce for fifty people to enjoy at Kupu Maui tomorrow.

My zinnias are blooming.

Papayas are happening.

Sunflowers about to open…

Some of the lettuce I harvested today…

Gotta love gardening on Maui.

~ Marilyn

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September 21, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Piliani Kope Farm

Coffee is what’s growing at Greg and Susy Stille’s two acre farm, among other things like cacao, ice cream bean, Nitrogen fixing peanut, daikon, Ma’o, alyssum, wild sweet potatoes, papaya, bananas, Plumerias and hibiscus.

Their palms are amazingly beautiful.

These are Susy’s new raised beds that Greg designed and made.

Ripe red coffee cherries.

Young Geisha coffee plant.

Ice cream bean

~ Another fun day at the farm.
It’s an amazing, diverse

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September 17, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Today at Kaanapali Coffee Estate

It was gorgeous Maui day…

At Kaanapali Coffee Estate

It’s an amazing five hundred acres of coffee seven minutes from the shore.

I love to hang out up there in the coffee.

Take a drive North from Kaanapali past the Sugar Cane Train to the entrance of Kaanapali Farms and head Mauka (towards the mountains)

Enjoy the beauty…

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September 17, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Maui Garden Update

Here’s the latest photos of my Maui Garden. Bibb lettuce is amazing.

Zinnias and yellow cosmos coming along nicely…

These are the healthiest zinnias I’ve ever planted. They are quite close together. I guess they like each other.

Can’t wait to see them bloom.

Stay tuned…

~ Marilyn

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September 11, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

My Maui Garden Update

Hi everyone,
Here’s some photos of my garden in progress. There’s going to be tons of zinnias in red, purple and pinks. Cosmos are mixed in here with lettuces and basil.

Bush beans are so prolific. We’ll be picking soon.

Today I transplanted Roma tomato plants into the patch.

It’s a bit thick but I think it’s going to thrive.I’ll be thinning the lettuce soon and basils, too. Anyone want tomato plants? Bibb lettuce?
My Maui friends who are planting, let me know so I can give you some thinnings for your garden.

my amazing Bromeliad…

Tomorrow we depart for Ka’anapali. Let the “culinary experience” begin… Farm Tour is Saturday morning 9-12. Can’t wait to see everyone there!

Aloha
~ Marilyn

Marilyn Jansen Lopes
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August 31, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Our week at the farms on Maui

Pictures speak a thousand words…

We love sharing Maui’s Agricultural Beauty…

Marilyn Jansen Lopes
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August 30, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

MauiGrown Coffee at Ka’anapali

The famed Maui Mokka, Red Catuai (Cat-Y-ee), and Yellow Caturra

We’ll be sampling these coffee cherries on the farm tour at Kaanapali Fresh “A Culinary Experience” Saturday September 1, 9 AM- 12PM

I’ll be giving the history of coffee from its origin in Ethiopia and migration to Yemen where it was first cultivated over a thousand years ago. Do you know how coffee was discovered?

That’s Jeff Ferguson above pictured next to a coffee harvester. It’s amazing how the rods spin among the coffee branches to shake the cherries loose where they fall into a hopper and an elevator takes them to the top to be transported by trailer to the mill.

It’s an amazing story of betrayal, love and legends that have been made about whole crops being destroyed and a single plant creating the future plants of all Central America, Brazil and Hawaii.

Maui is making history this very moment with our developing region of Ka’anapali where four varieties of coffee that are perfectly suited to the hot, dry conditions of West Maui are thriving. The Maui Mokka, Red Catuai, Yellow Caturra and Typicas, Progeny 502 and 6661 are thriving because of the efforts of James “Kimo” Falconer bringing the coffee plants back to health since they were abandoned in 2001 and left only on continuous irrigation.

It’s very exciting to delve deeper into the history of coffee. As I study the information I’m taken on a journey from Ethiopia where coffee is native, 50 miles away across the Red Sea to Yemen where coffee was first cultivated. From Yemen to the Dutch East Indies in the 1690’s where coffee plants were smuggled out of Arabia Felix (the ancient name for Yemen which means “fortunate Arabia” named for its fertile area). The Port of Al Mokha is actually what the Mokka is named after. The region of its birthplace is Ethiopia but today the Mokka variety is grown in Yemen at 10,000 feet. On Maui it does well at 500 feet above sea level in Kaa’anapali.

The single coffee plant that barely survived the journey was brought to the New World by a French Army officer to a Martinique plantation and that plant produced the seeds and cuttings that would produce coffee in the Caribbean, Central America, South America and eventually Hawai’i.

I love how a French Lieutenant wanted some beans from the Governor of French Guiana ( in South America ) but was turned down, so he sweet talked the Governor’s wife who gave him the beans. Brazil became the producer of a third of the world’s coffee due to the favorable climate.

Thirteen hundred years later coffee comes full circle when it returned to Africa via the newly built Uganda Railway to Kenya. White settlers were encouraged to plant and Nairobi became a coffee growing area with Mombasa as the major port.

If you’re not signed up for the Kaanapali Fresh Farm Tour see the link at KaanapaliFresh.

We’ll be making several stops in the various fields at Kaanapali Coffee Estate, tasting coffee cherries, meeting the man who made it possible, James “Kimo” Falconer, filming, photographing, then passing through the coffee mill for an overview of the processing from cherries being washed, pulped, dried, sorted and prepared for export in 100 lb. bags of green beans.

It’s going to be a beautiful, agricultural morning, from seed to cup and we’ll be having wonderful light refreshments by KupuMaui at the MauiGrown Coffee Company Store where guests will be exploring the historical smoke stack, the original sugar cane train, photos of the old Pioneer Mill, sampling MauiGrown Coffee on the Lanai and viewing th story of coffee inside where they can purchase and ship green, roasted, whole beans and ground 100 % MauiGrown coffee.

It’s so exciting to be a part of history in the making. I look forward to seeing you and sharing Kaanapali’s Agricultural Beauty.

~ Marilyn

Marilyn Jansen Lopes
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August 23, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Maui Country Farm Tours

Postcards from Maui Country Farm Tours

We love to capture the agricultural beauty of Maui…

Then send our guests a memory of their tour…

Sharing Maui’s Agricultural Beauty

Call me anytime to discuss your personalized tour.

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Marilyn Jansen Lopes
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August 22, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

MauiGrown Coffee Kaanapali Roast

Getting ready to share Kaanapali’s Agricultural Beauty at #KFreshMaui on Saturday, September 1, 2012 9-Noon

We’re hosting the Farm tour for 50 people, mostly media persons who have come to write about the Ka’anapali Fresh Culinary Event.
James “Kimo” Falconer is responsible for resurrecting the farm and establishing the brand “MauiGrown Coffee” in 2003. He’ll be on the farm to meet everyone on the tour.

Can’t wait to get Into the field and see the coffee trees ripe for harvest. We’ll be sampling coffee cherries in the Maui Mokka section of the Kaanapali Coffee Estates. Maui Mokka is gaining world wide recognition.

These are coffees packaged and ready to ship at the MauiGrown Coffee Company Store in Lahaina by the famous Old Pioneer Mill Smokestack.

There are four types of coffee grown on the 500 acre coffee estate. Red Catuai, Yellow Caturra, Typica and Mokka.

The tour is nearly sold out and we’re thrilled to be a part of Kaanapali Fresh a Culinary Event. It’s all about the culture, food, farms and coffee.
After touring the Coffee Estates and climbing up to the viewing platform for photos overlooking all of Kaanapali we’ll head to the MauiGrown Coffee Company Store to get an overview of the mill where the coffee is processed, then sample coffees, shop, see the behind the scenes story of coffee and enjoy wonderful refreshments on the lanai and in the shade by the Old Pioneer Sugar Mill landmark. Sitting there you feel a touch of old Maui. It’s really nice…

Hope to see you in Ka’anapali…

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August 15, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Carnival Cruisers

Thank you to travel agent Donna Hurd for booking this wonderful tour with us.

Large groups are fun and challenging.
We had an awesome time at the Lavender Farm where they set up tables down below on the farm just days before the first KupuMaui Brunch. Christie transported some of our handicapped guests in the Gator. (it’s like a small golf cart with a flatbed)
I sang and played ukulele while Ricky served huge strawberries, Maui Gold Pineapple, guava and lilikoi juices and delicious by Whole Foods Market Kahului, Maui. They loved everything!

Gorgeous day at Maui’s Winery…

Parting shot…

Carnival and Disney Cruise Ships will be returning to Kahului Harbor in October. We look forward to taking many of you on our Country Farm Tour.

Aloha,
Marilyn

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June 20, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Los Padres National Forest

It’s so peaceful up in the pines…

Pure air, clear light, beautiful sunshine

Sending peaceful thoughts to you…

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May 24, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

@Kupumaui PopUp Brunch @AKLMaui

What an amazing celebration of local food and Farm-to-Table presentation…

Dania’s dream came true today… KupuMaui created a gorgeous meal served at Ali’i Kula Lavender Farm.

@PrincessPomai Weigert of Ali’i Lavender Farm…

Chef and farmer James Simpliciano. @kimosimpliciano

This scrumptious dessert Strawberry Pie and lime truffle topping off the morning…

It was delightful being served fresh local pineapple, strawberries, papaya, mulberries… A variety if fresh baked mini muffins, then Chai smoked pork, quinoa w cranberries, pumpkin, a chiffonade of chard, followed by roasted purple sweet potatoes, beets, ulu (breadfruit) and finally fresh greens In a delicious dressing. Everything was perfect.

Music was provided by @JoelKatzMaui in Gibson guitar.

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April 22, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Flowers at Twin Falls today

After sunrise at Haleakala, breakfast at Kula Lodge, a private country farm, picking avocados, cherimoya and papayas …

It was time to seek out waterfalls…

I saw Awapuhi ginger flowers opened up my first time…

This flower I do not know…

The East Maui Irrigation tunnels along the way to Twin Falls we’re interesting to see… But after a mile walk the falls were just a trickle…

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April 13, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Dinner plate Dahlia at Kula Country Farms

One of my favorite flowers to plant are dahlias. They’re a spring bulb and come in multitude of colors and shapes

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They have a web site now…

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Marilyn Jansen Lopes
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April 12, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

My Healthy little Lettuce Patch

Everything is coming along fine…

I’ve got Romaine, Bibb, Anuenue, Manoa, bronze leaf, iceberg lettuces…

They’re so thick and lush. Need to thin these and transplant soon. I’m just enjoying them grow.

The joys of gardening in Hawaii…

Fresh picked homegrown…

More to come,
~ Marilyn

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Marilyn Jansen Lopes
http://Mauicountryfarmtours.com
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April 11, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

My Healthy little Lettuce Patch

Everything is coming along fine…

I’ve got Romaine, Bibb, Anuenue, Manoa, bronze leaf, iceberg lettuces…

They’re so thick and lush. Need to thin these and transplant soon. I’m just enjoying them grow.

The joys of gardening in Hawaii…

Fresh picked homegrown…

More to come,
~ Marilyn

808 283-9131

Marilyn Jansen Lopes
http://Mauicountryfarmtours.com
http://www.amaryllisofhawaii.com

April 11, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment