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Hawaii’s Local Buzz Menu Home Our Products Coffee Macadamia Nuts Chocolate Cookies Honey Logo Merch Blog Our Farm The Buzz Club My Account Contact Us View Cart Go Paradise Meadows Menagerie Posted on December 31, 2022 by Lili Rodriguez . 2 comments Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) As 2022 comes to an end, we thought it would be a good time to post an updated look at the many wonderful non-human beings that inhabit our little piece of paradise here on the southern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii. In no particular order: Here’s Penny, our now HUGE one year old […] Filed under: Ducks , Farming , Featured , Parrots , Pets , Pig . Tags: big island , farm animals , South Point Hawaii Should You Be Afraid of Bees? Posted on July 26, 2020 by Lili Rodriguez . Leave a comment Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) When and why honeybees sting — and when and why they don’t. At Paradise Meadows, home of Hawaii’s Local Buzz, we have about 25 beehives. Most folks find bees fascinating, and some folks are terrified of bees. We thought it might be interesting to learn about when and why bees do and don’t sting people, […] Filed under: Bees , Farming , Farming & Produce , Honey . Tags: bee stings , beekeeping , Bees , Hawaii farm tours , hawaiian honey , honey bees We Need More Geckos! Posted on June 18, 2020 by Lili Rodriguez . Leave a comment Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Hawaii is a truly magical place, and our little piece of paradise here at Paradise Meadows is a beautiful tropical rainforest. But there is one thing that tropical rainforests like ours have too much of. Bugs. We are, however, blessed with a totally organic, sustainable method of pest control in the form of tiny lizards called geckos. Filed under: Hawaiiana , Uncategorized . Tags: gecko , Hawaii farm , Hawaiian gecko , lizard , sustainable pest control The Great Muscovy Duck Egg Hunt at Paradise Meadows Posted on June 8, 2020 by Lili Rodriguez . Leave a comment Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) At Paradise Meadows, home of Hawaii’s Local Buzz, we have 28 free-range Muscovy ducks. They are (or can be) great farm animals, eating all sorts of bugs, slugs, snails, and even invasive Coqui frogs when they can find them. However, there can easily be too much of a good thing. One thing you learn relatively […] Filed under: Ducks , Farming & Produce , Featured , Pets . Tags: farm animals , hawaii , Hawaiian farm , Muscovy ducks , sustainable farming A Month of Parrot Toys” Posted on June 8, 2019 by Hawaii’s Local Buzz . Leave a comment Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Thanks to the generous donations we’ve received from folks visiting the farm, we’ve been able to purchase more parrot toys” more regularly than we’ve been able to afford in the past. Toys” is an odd word to use for the items we give our birds to enrich their environments and enhance their lives, because the […] Filed under: Parrots , Pets . Tags: bird toys , farm , hawaii , macaws , Paradise Meadows farm , parrot toys , parrots Tractor-versary! Posted on June 6, 2019 by Hawaii’s Local Buzz . Leave a comment Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Looking back through some of our old farm pictures reminded us that we dragged our 1940-something red Farmall tractor up onto the rock wall at the entrance to the farm SEVEN YEARS ago! No, we can’t believe it either. The entire event took several hours of pushing, pulling, figuring, refiguring — and several minutes of […] Filed under: Farming & Produce , Hawaiiana . Tags: farm , farmall , hawaii , landmark , south point , tractor Challenges of Building an Agriculture-Based Business Posted on June 5, 2019 by Lili Rodriguez . Leave a comment Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Building a brand based on local agriculture in Hawaii is harder than it looks. Building a brand, and building a business, are things we know something about. Scott, our Big Kahuna”, is an inventor and serial entrepreneur who has had both successes and challenges throughout his long career. Lili, our Marketing Guru”, has spent most of […] Filed under: Entrepreneurship , Farming & Produce , Macadamia Nuts . Tags: entrepreneurship , farming , growing a business , hawaii , Hawaiian macadamia nuts , macadamia nuts It’s Baby Duck Season! Posted on June 1, 2019 by Lili Rodriguez . 2 comments Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) At the beginning of May we noticed nests popping up all over our banana patches near the house, which is where our mommy ducks prefer to lay their eggs. We assume it feels very safe. The leaves of the banana trees provide good cover from airborne predators like hawks, and the proximity to the house […] Filed under: Ducks , Farming & Produce , Pets . Tags: baby animals , farm , hawaii , Muscovy ducks Saying Goodbye to Sam Posted on March 25, 2019 by Lili Rodriguez . 12 comments Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Sometime in March, 1999 a remarkable cat named Sam was born. We’re not sure of the exact date, as Sam was adopted from the Hawaii Humane Society as part of a BOGO (that’s a Buy One, Get One Free”) special. A friend wanted a cat, and convinced Scott to take advantage of the BOGO special […] Filed under: Pets . Tags: cat , elderly cat , euthanasia , goodbye , grief The Last Time It Rained This Much… Posted on March 18, 2019 by Lisa @ Paradise Meadows . 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