Masifilo Family Kava Farms

[Kavafied]

Update: Finally have a picture from our Kava nursery in our village on 'Eua, Tonga. It's crazy that everyone has smart phones down there now when 5 years ago it took me half n hour to send an email from the only internet cafe on the island. We have a few thousand young Kava plants ready to be moved from the village nursery to the farm land soon. I hope to share more photos and maybe set up a solar powdered live camera down there someday as the internet gets more economical in Tonga. It would be cool for anyone to be able to check in on a Kava farm live from anywhere in the world like they do with surf cams.

If you are a customer of ours I want to thank you as none of this would be possible without the purchases of the AluBall. I'm grateful to be able to put some of the proceeds towards planting more Tongan Kava and eventually sharing it with you all. The cool thing we are doing is using a node planting technique past down from my grandfather before he past away many years ago. We'll keep that a family secret.

 

[NAMBATU]

So when can I drink this?

 

[verticity]

 

[Kavafied]

So when can I drink this?

We've been harvesting for a few months now and replanting what we uproot making sure nothing goes to waste. The Kalapu demand is at an all time high right now. Hopefully some will make it through to end up on our site soon. Reserving as much as I can.

 

[The Kap'n]

This really is awesome. Its nice to see someone getting their "roots planted' figuratively and literally.

 

[Groggy]

@Kavafied The live cam idea would be awesome, just imagine a bunch of us krunked kava lovers, starring at a live kava farm feed. I bet some of us would get stuck for a while watching it

 

[Kavafied]

@Kavafied The live cam idea would be awesome, just imagine a bunch of us krunked kava lovers, starring at a live kava farm feed. I bet some of us would get stuck for a while watching it

Just gotta wait until its cost effective internet wise down there, you currently gotta buy data down there like you buy gas, you goto the nearest digi cel mart and load your phone up like you would a car lol. Maybe Chris @Gourmet Hawaiian Kava could get one going quicker on his farm so we can enjoy the sights and sounds of his Kava oasis while we throw back some shells from a far.

 

[Kavafied]

Way to go @Kavafied. There is no better way to fight the shortage and control the quality of kava then "growing your own". Keep us posted as your babies mature.

Thanks we are very fortunate to have the access and opportunity too. Just trying to do the most we can to collectively build the industry.

 

[Groggy]

Just gotta wait until its cost effective internet wise down there, you currently gotta buy data down there like you buy gas, you goto the nearest digi cel mart and load your phone up like you would a car lol. Maybe Chris @Gourmet Hawaiian Kava could get one going quicker on his farm so we can enjoy the sights and sounds of his Kava oasis while we throw back some shells from a far.

That would be awesome from either of you guys. I can't wait for your Tongan to start rolling out

 

[Gourmet Hawaiian Kava]

Maybe Chris @Gourmet Hawaiian Kava could get one going quicker on his farm so we can enjoy the sights and sounds of his Kava oasis while we throw back some shells from a far.

That sounds like a cool thing to do but the thing is that I have no idea how to do something like that.
I do know how to grow good kava.
Thanks for posing the pictures of your operation, keep posting more as they progress.
Aloha.

Chris

 

[verticity]

That sounds like a cool thing to do but the thing is that I have no idea how to do something like that.
I do know how to grow good kava.
Thanks for posing the pictures of your operation, keep posting more as they progress.
Aloha.

Chris

There are some ideas here. Basically you can sign up with a service that takes care of the streaming, and then embed a little code in your web site.
http://www.wikihow.com/Stream-Your-Webcam

... like this guy:
http://www.watching-grass-grow.com/

 

[Groggy]

There are some ideas here. Basically you can sign up with a service that takes care of the streaming, and then embed a little code in your web site.
http://www.wikihow.com/Stream-Your-Webcam

... like this guy:
http://www.watching-grass-grow.com/

Can't forget a solid wide angle night cam or two, as well.

 

[The Kap'n]

I think Chris uses satellite internet.

 

[kavamehameha]

Wow Matt @Kavafied thanks for sharing these awesome photos. I wish you and your family all the best and lots of joy and kava!

 

[Kavafied]

Updates From the Nursery:

 

[kasa_balavu]

Have someone set up the webcam, and post the the Digicel number here. Curious customers can then top-up the account online: https://online-top-up.digicelgroup.com/en-TO/

Love the pics. Thanks for sharing

 

[Kavafied]

Have someone set up the webcam, and post the the Digicel number here. Curious customers can then top-up the account online: https://online-top-up.digicelgroup.com/en-TO/

Love the pics. Thanks for sharing

Genius

 

[TheKavaFlow]

Updates From the Nursery:
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Very cool, Matthew!

 

[Kavafied]

Updates from our 'Eua Kava nursery. It's primetime planting season right now in Tonga. Hoping to get these babies out into the fields later this month. Might try to do half old school spacing techniques and half with some new school ones to compare the yields. Maybe the old ways work better on 'Eua...if not looking forward to finding out.

 

[kasa_balavu]

Beauties!