"Huelo Pt Lookout ... green, green and always has been!"

It seems to have taken a while for people to be convinced of the benefits, both short and long term, of supporting "green" principles and industries. But we're happy to say that time has arrived!

At Huelo Pt Lookout we've been "green" ever since started, back in 1992. You as a guest will directly experience the benefits of our hard work. when we moved here, our house sat on a bare, windswept point, on soil sadly depleted by years of pineapple monoculture.

Now, Huelo Pt Lookout sits protected behind layers of windbreak and the soil is constantly replenished by three different levels of nitrogen fixing plants. Here, we've established our own little Eden, with thriving permaculture herb & veggie gardens, fruit orchards and chickens. Yes, we still have our trade wind, but these days we enjoy its coolness rather than dread the damage it may wreak!

Here, we are always working towards "sustainability":

1. We recycle, and generate almost zero trash.

2. We compost our green waste and all food scraps. (Our guests do too, though we're happy to go "dig it in" if people prefer it. Lots of guests really enjoy learning about it - so simple, easy to do, and beneficial to the soil with almost zero effort).

3. We get our energy from the sun for hot water and we're moving to expand our alternitive energy use. Naturally, we always encourage energy conservation, and use energy efficient appliances and light bulbs where we can.

4. We use non toxic cleaning supplies.

5. We use non toxic bug control - cedar oil (wonderful stuff! totally safe ... smells great and very effective).

6. We're developing "no mow" areas between our orchard trees, by mulching and planting nitrogen fixing groundcover (flowering peanut), bushes (Siberian pigeon pea) and trees (gliricidia). Bamboo generates tons of biomass which we effectively use as mulch.

7. We prepare new cultivated areas by using our "chicken tractor" - i.e. let the chickens, not us, do the hard work. (Told you we were into energy conservation, right?)

8. We're developing our own method of natural fertilizers by growing and utilizing comfrey to draw potassium from deep down in our clay subsoil. (Our soil is both nitrogen and potassium deficient). The comfrey roots act as a mini potassium pump, bringing the potassium to the leaves, which are later used in mulch, to feed the soil of course ... so round we go again ... just as nature intended. Eventually we hope we won't have to buy any fertilizers or supplements at all, as our land moves towards "balance" - nature's true state.

9. We're moving towards "edible landscaping" - a giant Eden of perennial gardens

10. We utilize "agro forestry" principles, by heavy interplanting of nitrogen fixing trees/ shrubs and groundcover

11. We serve as hosts in the WWOOFER program - Willing Workers On Organic Farms. Young people frequently stay on our property in a work exchange program, so we all take an active part in the hands on education of future generations. (Mind you, these young people are on the ball - I frequently feel I learn just as much or more from them, as they do from us!

So there you have it ... Huelo Pt Lookout ... a green eco friendly retreat that doesn't just affix the "green" label to its name. We really do what we say we do!