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2010-12-07T11:15:00.001-08:00

There are times that keeping up with a 14 year old can be more than one bargained for!!!

Last of the gliricidia ... now it's all green ... summer is on its way ... and the whales are heading home. THIS is the time to be on the north shore

2010-04-12T00:03:00.000-07:00

2010-03-04T19:47:00.001-08:00

Thank heaven the tsunami missed us last week! Someone's definitely looking out for us. And 8.8 earthquake in Chile and a two foot wave in Maui! A huge "mahalo" to all our lovely past guests who sent e mails to us! bless you all!

hugs

Sharyn

"Aloha" Rebecca!

2010-03-04T19:42:00.000-08:00

Sadly, we said goodbye to Rebecca, our green thumbed WWOOFER - she's been with us for 3 months and we'll MISS her!! So will our herb & veggie garden!!! Have fun in Kauai Rebecca ... and after that, Australia! And, of course, come back and visit your special garden!

Permaculture Design Certification

2010-02-07T18:39:00.000-08:00

Here is our wild permaculture crew proudly holding up our Permaculture Design Certificates. For the last two weeks we've all been busy "at school" planting, designing, and planning for a better world. I realized I'm already doing a lot of things within the permaculture design (originally developed by fellow Aussie, Bill Mollinson, by the way) - but now we can do so much more! Next week: a giant FOOD FOREST! I have the basics, but what fun to add coffee and watermelons, sugar and jackfruit. The sky's the limit - and Huelo's breezes and salt air of course! How encouraging to meet such a wonderful group of people who are totally passionate about sustainability! I'm off to dig lots of holes!!!!

Happy New Year!

2010-01-03T00:02:00.000-08:00

Here we are, celebrating the New Year at Mama's Fish House ... Jeff on the left, me on the right ... right on the beach ... coconut palms ... the classic Hawaiian atmosphere ... great food ... great company ... may 2010 be a wonderful one for all! Best wishes, Sharyn & Jeff, Huelo Pt Lookout ... a romantic retreat ...

Sunflowers, Texas and Maui

2010-01-02T23:44:00.000-08:00

Okay ... who can resist sunflowers? My flower farmer guests have 20 ACRES of them!!! My New Year's resolution: go buy some seeds!!!

our lovely Christmas guests - the Muller family

2010-01-02T23:08:00.000-08:00

What a wonderful Christmas we had, sharing the Lookout House with the Muller family (pictured from left to right, Amanda, Mandy, Hugh and Johan). They became delightful friends as well as guests। Not only are they organic flower farmers (specializing in sunflowers! my favorite flower!) from Texas, but Johan (far right) is a computer whiz it wasn't long before our long breakfasts were joined by a laptop and we had him working very hard indeed! Before we dropped them (reluctantly) at the airport we had lunch at Mama's Fish House - the perfect end to a perfect vacation for us all! Now ... what are you doing next Christmas??? and make it longer next time!!!

Driving into the little beach town of Paia ...

2009-12-16T14:30:00.000-08:00

New photos of Star ... click below!

2009-12-10T12:14:00.000-08:00

Star Honeymoon Lookout Photos

Star Honeymoon Lookout

2009-11-28T13:42:00.000-08:00

Where would I rather be???????

2009-11-16T12:04:00.000-08:00

Christmas heliconias ... lots more on the way

2009-11-15T18:41:00.000-08:00

Watching for whales ... just coming into Ho'okipa ... will today be the day?

2009-11-15T18:40:00.000-08:00

waiting for the weather gods in Huelo

2009-11-15T18:36:00.000-08:00

Huelo Point ... the weather vortex of Maui

2009-11-15T18:19:00.000-08:00

"Aloha" ... the night before last we got the Fireworks display of all time.

As Jeff and I sat in the glass walled living room in the late afternoon, the thunderheads rolled in and Maui got what it rarely receives: a real, live (and lively) thunder and lightning storm. The dark purple light stealing across the ocean with the misty rain was breath-taking.

Instead of a "TV dinner", we let the weather provide our entertainment for the next two hours, coming to a climax with a C-R-A-C-K ... right over the top of our house!! (Needless to say, we both sat still for a few minutes after that one).

The power went out for a little while - lucky we always keep spare candles - but we really didn't mind the change of pace and quiet focus for the evening. Too often, all our "plug in" entertainment really doesn't give us time to be with our own thoughts - OR to even talk to each other, for that matter.

LONG LIVE THE WEATHER GODS AND GODDESSES!

2009-11-10T13:53:00.000-08:00

"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!

Going GREEN works!

2009-11-10T13:32:00.000-08:00

Living in Paradise: what? you're still here?

2009-10-19T19:33:00.000-07:00

"Aloha" - my name's Sharyn Stone (no, not the movie star ... but I used to run a video store if that's any help!) With my husband Jeff, we moved to Maui in 1992 and started something everyone dreams about - a small Bed & Breakfast, called Huelo Point Lookout - here on Maui's unspoiled, non "touristy" north shore.

Living in what everyone thinks of as "paradise" can be challenging, to put it mildly.

I was chatting with an old friend in the neighborhood yesterday. And a comment she made set me thinking. "Sharyn, I'd lost your number, so I looked it up in my address book." (Yes, she still has one of those. And, I'm embarrassed to admit, so do I). "And as I went through it, I realized that almost all the people in it were no longer here. But you're still here. I'm glad."

It's quite an experience, moving to "paradise". What I've noticed over the years, as people come and go, is that unfortunately, people bring themselves with them. And here where it is so spectacularly beautiful, all our personal issues can no longer be ignored. Guess it's like an advanced workshop in metaphysics - and you sink or swim ... back to the mainland.

So what does it mean for YOU? Living in Paradise? Have you ever done it? What made you pursue the dream in the first place?

For me, it was easy. I'm a gardener. And in Hawaii's climate, everything grows! But once you're here, you have to earn a living, right? You know when you're really here by measuring how long it's been since you've been to the beach! THEN you know ... you LIVE HERE!

Are you thinking of moving here? visiting? Then be sure to touch base with us!