ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēlā me kēia pā me kahi lāʻau malu oʻo i loko. Hoʻohui nā kumulāʻau i ka paʻa a me ke kaumaha i ka ʻāina. No ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka lāʻau i laila, hoʻokani pinepine mākou i ke kumu o ke kumu me nā pua a me nā mea kanu. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, i ka ulu ʻana o ka lāʻau a ulu aʻe kona mau lālā a me nā aʻa, lilo ka wahi a puni ia i ʻāina ʻāina ʻole. Hoʻopau koke nā aʻa lāʻau i nā wai āpau a hana nui i ka pale ʻana i ka lā, no laila kakaikahi nā mea kanu e ulu ana ma laila. Hiki ke kanu ma lalo o ka lāʻau inā koho ʻoe me ka naʻauao a hoʻomaka liʻiliʻi. E hahai i kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo 10 e hoʻokumu i nā mea kanu a ulu hauʻoli ma lalo o kāu mau kumulāʻau. 01 o 10 E mālama i ka lāʻau ma ke kaʻina hana ʻO ka Spruce / Gyscha Rendy He paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo, akā hiki i nā kumulāʻau ke maʻalahi i nā pōʻino i ko lākou aʻa a me ka ʻili. ʻO kekahi mau kumulāʻau, e like me ka beeches, cherry, plums, dogwoods, magnolias, a me nā maple, he pāpaʻu ko lākou aʻa ma lalo o ka ʻili lepo a pane maikaʻi ʻole inā pilikia kēlā mau aʻa. E akahele i ka ʻeli ʻana a puni nā aʻa i ke kanu ʻana ma lalo o kahi kumulāʻau. E hoʻohana i ka trowel a i ʻole ka pahi ʻeli ʻana, ma mua o ka ʻōpala nui. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi aʻa, e neʻe i kahi ʻē aʻe. Eia kekahi, e pale i ka hōʻino ʻana i ka ʻili ma ke kumu o ka lāʻau. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻeha he kono ia i nā maʻi a me nā mea ʻino e ʻimi i ko lākou ala i loko o ka lāʻau. 02 o 10 E hoʻomaka liʻiliʻi ʻO ka Spruce / Marie Iannotti No ka hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke ʻeli i nā lua e hoʻokomo i nā mea kanu nui ma lalo o kāu kumulāʻau, pono ʻoe e kanu i nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā māhele. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi “liner” i ka nui mai kekahi mau hale hānai leka uila. He mau mea kanu kēia i manaʻo ʻia e kanu ʻia ma nā kahu hānai a kūʻai ʻia i mea kanu ma nā kikowaena māla. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi kumu no nā laina laina, e mālama ʻoe i ka nui o ke kālā. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka mau iā ʻoe iho. ʻO ka hopohopo nui ke makemake ʻoe i nā mea kanu me nā pōpō aʻa liʻiliʻi, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻomi iā lākou me ka ʻole e ʻeli ākea a hohonu paha. He nui ka wai i ka wā mua, akā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi i ko lākou wahi ʻokiʻoki ma mua o ka mea kanu nui, a ʻaʻole ʻoe e hōʻeha i kāu kumulāʻau i ke kanu ʻana. 03 o 10 E hoʻohana i nā ʻano mea kanu liʻiliʻi wale nō, akā e hoʻohana i nā mea he nui ʻO ka Spruce / Marie Iannotti E koho i ʻelua mau mea kanu nui a kanu iā lākou i nā swaths nui. He kī nui kēia no ka mea pono ʻoe e kanu i nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi loa. ʻO nā mea kanu e like me ka pachysandra, ka ivy, a me ka mauʻu lipine (Phalaris arundinacea) e lawe i ka pā āpau. ʻO nā mea kanu e like me Ginger (Asarum), columbine (Aquilegia), a me ka puʻuwai koko (Dicentra) ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā koho. 04 of 10 Mai kani i ka lāʻau; E hoʻopiha a puni. ʻO ka Spruce / Gyscha Rendy No ka nānā maoli, e pale i ka hoʻopuni ʻana i ka lāʻau me kahi lālani o nā mea kanu. E kanu a hiki i ke kumu o ka laau. E kahe kāu mau mea kanu a puni ka lāʻau. Inā kanu ʻoe i nā mea kanu ʻāwīwī, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i uhi ʻāina, e like me Foamflower (Tiarella) a i ʻole Laurentia (Isotoma fluviatilis), e hana lākou i ko lākou mau palena ponoʻī. ʻOiaʻiʻo, pono paha ʻoe e hana i kahi liʻiliʻi e mālama iā lākou i ka nānā. E hoʻomau i ka 5 o 10 ma lalo. 05 o 10 E hilinaʻi ma luna o nā lau nani ʻo The Spruce / Marie Iannotti E ola kekahi mau mea kanu pua i ka malu piha o ka lāʻau akā ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e loaʻa i ka nui o nā pua lōʻihi. No ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka nānā ʻana o ka maka, e koho i nā mea kanu me nā lau e nānā maikaʻi i nā kau āpau. ʻO nā koho maikaʻi e like me: ʻEurope ginger (Asarum europaeum), Japanese painted ferns (Athyrium niponicum), Hosta, coral bells (Heuchera), Japanese nahele mauʻu (Hakonechloa macra), a me frilly mayapple (Podophyllum). Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kahi tapestry nani me nā ʻano a me nā kala o nā lau. 06 o 10 Hoʻolālā no nā ʻano maloʻo ʻO ka Spruce / Marie Iannotti He kōkua inā koho ʻoe i nā mea kanu hiki ke mālama i kahi maloʻo. Pono ʻoe e hāʻawi i kāu mau mea kanu i kekahi TLC no ko lākou makahiki mua, ʻaʻohe mea āu e kanu ai. Akā, e maʻalahi ia i nā mea kanu, a ʻo ʻoe, inā koho ʻoe i nā mea kanu ʻaʻole pono i ka nui o ka wai hoʻohui i ka wā maloʻo i ka wā e hoʻopau ai nā aʻa o ka lāʻau i ka wai i loaʻa. 07 o 10 E hoʻonui i kou Kau Mohala ʻO ka Spruce / Marie Iannotti E hoʻohana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka punawai, ma mua o ka puka ʻana o ka lāʻau, a e hoʻokomo i nā ʻōpuʻu pua, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi e like me ka crocus, dwarf iris, a me ka nani i ka hau (Chionodoxa). ʻO kahi koho maikaʻi ʻē aʻe he ephemerals puna. ʻO nā mea kanu like bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria), trillium, a me Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) e nalowale ana, i ka wā e mahana ai ka mahana, e hoʻopiha ai i kāu mau mea kanu maʻamau. 08 o 10 E hoʻokomo i kekahi mau mea kāhāhā ʻO ka Spruce / Marie Iannotti No ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu mea kanu i kahi pāʻani keaka a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka maka, e hoʻohui i kahi ʻāpana o ke kala wiwo ʻole i manaʻo ʻole ʻia a i ʻole ke ʻano maʻamau. E hoʻohui i kahi ʻano nani a hoʻopau i kāu kanu ʻana. E maloʻo kekahi mau lau ʻulaʻula i loko o ka malu, no laila e hoʻomaopopo i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lā i kāu wahi kiko ma ke kanu ʻana i ka lihi o waho o nā lālā. E hoʻomau i ka 9 o 10 ma lalo. 09 o 10 E ʻimi i kahi ʻōpala e hana a hana hou ʻia ʻO ka Spruce / Marie Iannotti E ʻoi aku ka paʻa o kou pā inā hoʻokomo ʻoe i ka palette o nā mea kanu āu i hoʻohana ai ma lalo o kāu kumulāʻau ma kahi ʻē aʻe o ka māla. Mai hoʻohana wale ma lalo o nā kumulāʻau; e hana ana kekahi wahi malu, ma kahi noho paha a ma ke ala a i ʻole ma kēlā pā ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole lawa kahi ākea a i ʻole ka lā no ka palena pua. 10 o 10 E hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana i ka Spruce / Marie Iannotti No ka mālama pono ʻana i kāu māla lāʻau, e hoʻohui i ʻelua mau iniha o ka mulch organik a i ʻole ka compost. E hana ana ʻoe i kēlā “papa ululāʻau” waiwai e ulu nui ai nā ululāʻau. E kōkua ka mulch i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai makamae a hāʻawi i nā mea kanu i mea hoʻoikaika liʻiliʻi. E makaʻala ʻaʻole e kanu i nā mea kanu ma lalo.
