Kauaha'ao Church Bazaar

"The Garden" happily participated in the church bazaar in Waiohinu today. What a beautiful day for a local event! Sun, mild, and not too windy. Plus it turned out to be a successful fundraiser for the garden. We'll be able to pay for both the onion and potato orders plus have extra for a seeds. Super! 

Our booth this year was manned by Diane, Missy, and Sue B. -- or to be politically correct (although we don't give a dang about that at our age!), it was "womaned" by that trio. And ya know, it seemed that they were having way too much fun doing it, feasting on hot, fresh malasadas & coffee, dancing to the music, entertaining potential supporters passing by. I don't think Missy ever sat down once and Sue surely didn't warm a seat very often either. 

We discovered that plants were a hot item this year. You never know what's going to go, but it surely was plants this time. Every strawberry and taro plant was snarfed up, as were most of the basil, jicama, broccoli, and moon flowers. Last year's big mover was cotton, but this time around it hardly made a splash. And while last year the gourds practically marched to people's cars, only one went to a new home today. See? Ya never know. 

One of our scarecrows got its face today. Wayne K. took the bold plunge of drawing a colorful, non-traditional face. It was lots of fun seeing his creation develop. Pink hair! Different colored ears! Lip ring! Yikes!  * * * A big mahalo to Wayne * * *

Later, Dr. W. came along to name the scarecrow, and it was dutifully dubbed Sir Boo Da Byrds.  Sir Boo for short.  Thanks ever so much, Dr W! 

A number of the garden volunteers were part of the hula entertainment. What a nice dance group....colorful, graceful, so enjoyable. I've had the pleasure of watching them several times and have thoroughly enjoyed them each time. 

Beautiful hula dancers! 

Looks like our next market event will be in December. So it's time to head back to the garden now to pot up more plants, start cuttings, and plant more seeds.