Aloha Highlanders,

Sometimes the road of life ain’t so fair or easy. Many people feel like they have too many barriers to over come or there is no way out.

I want to encourage you today to keep on fighting, never give up. You are unique and special. May God grant us the serenity to except the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, the wisdom to know the difference.

Peace,

Crizzy

Aloha highlanders,

I hear Cheech and Chong are adding more dates to their North American tour. Check out their website for complete details and a list of venues, http://www.cheechandchongtour.com/.

Farm chores have kept this blogger busy. Elwood our dope goat suggested I post pictures even if I don’t have the time to write much. So in his honor his portrait gets posted today. Thanks Elwood for the suggestion, now get back to your paddock and join your brother Jake. I love our Blues Brothers, they are “on a mission from God.”

Aloha,

Crizzy

Aloha highlanders,

I’m so excited, the radio talk show Coast-to-Coast posted more of our pictures on their website. Mahalo George & Lex for choosing us again.

� These pictures were taken September 8, 2008 on my property on the Island of Hawaii. The first picture shows my dog Precious and Mufasa the mouflon. Hawaiian bighorn sheep known as mouflons are being eradicated from the slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa as well as in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, thus adopting mouflons is one way people can keep these rare creatures alive.

My goat Jacqueline insisted that I include her photo too and say that her mother Rachel was a feral goat until she came to live with us.

Think about adoption, it can save a life.

� Crizzy

Aloha Highlanders,

Welcome to all you new readers that have found this website via HunterBishop.com. Thanks again Hunter for linking to the Highlands, he described us as an “interesting cultural ag site.”

Today’s agricultural topic is about garden worms. If you see a bud starting to curl up, a pot worm may have taken residence there.

This type of worm likes to hide in your bud and using their silk build a little cannabis condo in which to eat and live.

Tbear says that a gardener has to keep a keen eye out for these pests, “be careful when you try to pull them off because they will escape by spinning silk and dropping safely to the ground like taking a fire escape.”

Tbear hates to use any type of pesticide so he does most of his eradication by hand. Granted this is time consuming, but he would rather take the time to care for his plants than smoke pesticides. There is no getting around pot pests, and they come in all shapes and sizes from moths to spiders to worms to homosapien rippers. If you do decide to use a type of spray or pesticide to get rid of your pests, remember Tbear’s advice “less is more.”

Careful not to over spray,

Crizzy

Aloha Highlanders,
I’m noticing more and more people are starting to acquire goats of their own. Especially since gas prices are going up, who can afford to buy fuel for lawn mowers and weed eaters anymore? Goats eat vegetation all day long, seven days a week; they also poop a lot which can supply your property with instant soil and fertilizer. I’d like to think we started a fad, but in fact it was our neighbor who gave us our first pair of feral goats from Kau.

Here is Elwood enjoying a treat. I bought Elwood and his brother Jake from a rancher in Mt. View. Together they make up the Blues Brothers, they “are on a mission from God.”

Speaking of God, may He grant you serenity today as we work together to make our community safe and our country secure. Pray for our soldiers and law enforcement officers.
~Crizzy

Aloha highlanders,
America’s most beloved potheads are back together again! Cheech and Chong are going on tour. Light Up America 2008 begins next month.

They hit the road September 5th starting in Canada then touring across America with the latest date January 31^st in New York’s Radio City Music Hall. For more details check out their tour website, http://www.cheechandchongtour.com/

Medical research is beginning to show how cannabis can protect the brain from Alzheimer’s and other brain deteriorating diseases. This being the case, Cheech’s brain is well fortified against cerebral attack, which he proved by winning Jeopardy’s first Celebrity Tournament in 1992.

Hawaiian Highlands would like to thank Cheech and Chong for their efforts at educating America on the true health benefits of cannabis. Please visit their website and show your support, http://www.cheechandchong.com/

“They helped America to step out of the closet, a lot of people could relate, back then there where no legal states, there were so many normal people having to hide,” Tbear said of Cheech and Chong’s impact on American society in the 1970s and 80s. “Once something becomes a topic of humor, it becomes a center at which you take a second look at it.”

I hope Cheech and Chong take a second look at the Big Island and decided to add a tour date here.
Got light?
Crizzy

P.S. Today’s pics are dedicated to our super heroes Cheech and Chong. The first bud photo is of a White Widow and the second is Neville Haze.

Happy Aloha Friday highlanders,
Since this website supports the research and compassionate use of medical cannabis, I guess I should be posting some pictures of state-sanctioned buds. I’ll be the first to admit that I can get carried away with photographing bugs, vegetables and farm animals.

This is a close up of a maturing Neville Haze bud.

Here is an extreme close up of the bud. The nectar spikes are called trichomes, from the Greek for “growth of hair.”

Have a great weekend blog buds. As always, stay legal.
Aloha,
Crizzy

Aloha highlanders,
Meet our newest guest here at the highlands. Mufasa is a big horn sheep know as a mouflon (Ovis musimon). Hawaiian big horn sheep are descendants of the European big horn sheep originally from Sardinia and Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea.

Hawaiian big horn sheep can be found in the wild on the upper slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaii as well as the grassland and kiawe coastlines of Lanai. However, federal court orders in 1976 and 1986 have required the eradication of wild sheep and goats including mouflon in order to save mammane forest habitat in which the endangered palila finch (Loxioides bailleu) resides. Since eradication efforts have not succeeded, Hawaii state is now out-sourcing and hiring Australian hunters to shoot mouflons from helicopters, according to a local hunter, “they are shooting everything in sight, males, females, even the babies. “It’s like Viet Nam,” Tbear said of the slaughter, “I’m sure the choppers and heavy artillery aren’t good for the palila either.”

“The big horn sheep are the most majestic animals we have here in Hawaii,” Tbear said. Big Horn sheep are also being eradicated from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The U.S. Park Service in 2003 purchased the 116,000 acre Kahuku Ranch which was home to the largest pure-bread moufloun herd in the world with about 22,000 sheep (http://www.huntingreport.com/hunting_article_details.cfm?id=2025). “I guess the national park doesn’t want any wildlife on their lands,” said Tbear.

At least Mufasa and three other mouflons have a new place to live. I’ve heard of Puna being referred to as the “Wild West.” If Puna is the wild west, then my neighborhood is the new frontier.
Adopt a big horn sheep today,
Crizzy

Aloha highlanders,
Look what popped up in our garden – mushroom peeps! These mushrooms resemble Easter marshmallow peeps! They are so cute!

These Leucocoprinus birnbaumii commonly appear in flower pots, even flower pots located indoors, according to Mushroom Expert http://www.mushroomexpert.com

Mushroom peeps are NOT edible… that means you can NOT eat them… that means you can NOT get high off them. While a particular ‘shroom only lives for a day, their occurrence will continue. Mushroom Expert says, “There is no getting rid of it, short of replacing all the soil in your planter (and even then it might reappear). Since it makes such a beautiful addition to your household flora, I recommend learning to love it.”

I love it already! We truly live in a wonderful world.
Pray for each other,
Crizzy

Aloha highlanders,
Look at this paper wasp that came buzzing through our garden. Tbear says these creatures are good for healthy gardens. This particular wasp took several flights into our garden for sips of water.

Here is Ezra enjoying some broccoli. Our neighbors stole him earlier this year and caged him in a kennel without food for several weeks. After rescue, Tbear has been feeding Ezra food from our garden in attempts to help him regain weight.

For the most part my neighborhood is a safe and quiet place to live, minus the occasional flying bullets from the ice-head neighbors. As finances get tighter on everyone, expect under privileged neighbors to be showing up at your door wanting to take your food and supplies. Stay safe, stay legal, stay alive.
The times they are a changing’,
Crizzy