<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title>My Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.tblog.com/</link><description>A tBlog Blog!</description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 10:31:56 -0700</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Flat Out Savings]]></title><link>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970068663</link><guid>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970068663</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 10:31:49 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I see that the US Post Office has finally decided to advertise their flat rate boxes on TV. We coffee farmers have been touting them for years! If any of my customers are reading this they are nodding... <a href='http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970068663'>more from lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milestones]]></title><link>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970067535</link><guid>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970067535</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:51:45 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What is a milestone?

Although it means a stone marking a mile in length, it also is a defined as a significant stage of life or a point of progress. In Hawaii a persons first milestorne is their... <a href='http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970067535'>more from lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Clock Is Ticking]]></title><link>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970066201</link><guid>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970066201</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 01:46:29 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The clock is ticking. I am down to the last few hours before the big planting. It has been years in the making, from buying the farm, clearing the land, delays inside and outside my control. Plans and... <a href='http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970066201'>more from lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[OOPS!]]></title><link>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970066136</link><guid>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970066136</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 09:01:42 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Part of my week I work in the front office at some condos, checking in guests. We manage the place for a timeshare company.

The condos are quite different and not up to the same standards as man... <a href='http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970066136'>more from lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Very Close!]]></title><link>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970066008</link><guid>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970066008</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 08:46:40 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[First, Yesterday was a busy day here.

I watered all 1600 plants that are still above ground awaiting planting.

Then I moved all of the weed mat material and staged it across the new planti... <a href='http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970066008'>more from lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Website Hosting]]></title><link>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970063983</link><guid>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970063983</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 03:02:29 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Years ago I started my coffee farm business and needed website hosting. I found a deal on Ebay but soon outgrew the small account. I found a bigger host and thought I was getting a great deal. That is... <a href='http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970063983'>more from lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday (and more)]]></title><link>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970063982</link><guid>http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970063982</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 02:45:42 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Koa had a birthday yesterday, he is 2 now and no longer officially a puppy. I wanted to stay and play with him all day, but had to go into work.

I stopped by Sandra's on the way home because she... <a href='http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970063982'>more from lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troubles]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970062486</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970062486</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:14:24 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I tested the last part of my water system, only to find that the valve at the top tanks, which allows draining them, is not working. I changed out the manual valves for electronic one, only to find th... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970062486'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[So close I can almost taste it!]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970060951</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970060951</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:47:53 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I packed some coffee and was taking it to the post office when I came upon the irrigation guys working up at the top tanks. They had said they would be back Saturday, so I had not determined which val... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970060951'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Time!]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970060474</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970060474</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:23:04 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Happy TAX DAY!

First, an update from LavaRock Farm. I am days away from planting 1500 trees, which will make LavaRock Farm larger than the average Kona Coffee farm! It has been a long time comin... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970060474'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A 5.0]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970060432</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970060432</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:31:10 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I was roasting coffee today and we had a 5.0 earthquake. Although it was about 60 miles away, my house still felt like it would come down.

Then I found I was unable to access the Tblog site (the... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970060432'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[To The Dogs]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970057284</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970057284</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:29:08 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[My friend raises Labradors and has been feeding her dogs a raw food diet for quite some time. many people have an adversion to raw food for their pets but it does make sense. Dogs have been eating raw... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970057284'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowly]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970056167</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970056167</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:11:37 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The other day I picked up 8400 feet of weed mat. Today I almost finished running the 1.25" PVC for the control wires for the electronic valves. 

I needed to water the trees before they are plant... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970056167'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Progress]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055958</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055958</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:01:45 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I made some progress in the past couple of days.

After suggestions from others and thought on my part, I opted to not spray and cut the grass where the plants will go. I will use landscape mat (... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055958'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rest of the Trees, Just Not Restful]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055617</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055617</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:09:52 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After the wind last night, I put the trees back in the truck and left them there; ready to move the truck to save the trees. The wind stopped and I had a somewhat restful sleep. However, it was short ... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055617'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wind]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055546</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055546</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:47:41 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I spent part of the day looking at prices for fertilizer and weed mat. Then I picked up my first set of coffee trees. There are 25 per holder and I left them out on a fairly flat area near the garage ... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055546'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Money Tree]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055449</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055449</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:42:18 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The farm has begun to shift into high gear in the past few days. Four of the five zones of water have been tested under pressure and the last zone is awaiting some parts. A carpenter has come by and w... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970055449'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Star of the Show]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970053997</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970053997</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:14:58 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After posting my blog last night I took Koa out for a wlak. Almost instantly I saw a shooting star. I don't know if we are close to a meteor shower, but saw one I did.

Now if I could remember if se... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970053997'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water, Water EVERYWHERE!]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970053975</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970053975</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:50:46 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There is a story we remember, and it goes like this:

Water, water, every where,

And all the boards did shrink;

Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink.
... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970053975'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting There]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970053270</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970053270</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:34:43 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Things have slowed a bit. All of the pieces of long Driscol pipe (a 2" black plastic pipe) has been run up the trench, been fused together and are in the trench. A second line has been cut into 5 long... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970053270'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee in the morning]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970052138</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970052138</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:31:14 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the ALT.COFFEE newsgroup, a writer asked how he could turn on his coffee pot in the morning before he was ready to get out of bed. I replied with my story, then decided to post it here too. I hope ... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970052138'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970051766</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970051766</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:47:27 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In preparation of the guy hooking up my irrigation on Tuesday, I moved my outdoor canopy to the middle of the property. It has been up by the upper water tanks where I was keeping the lawn mower. I go... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970051766'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Not A Saint]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970050852</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970050852</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:32:53 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We have honors and awards; some more important than others. Often you hear of a nominee who could not make an award show. Sometimes this is in protest, sometimes they feel they have no chance of winni... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970050852'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Not A Saint]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970050851</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970050851</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:32:46 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We have honors and awards; some more important than others. Often you hear of a nominee who could not make an award show. Sometimes this is in protest, sometimes they feel they have no chance of winni... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970050851'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting Worse]]></title><link>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970050650</link><guid>http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970050650</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:04:16 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ok, so my blog this morning (1 of 3 today) talked about stupid laws.

It is bad enough that cities have put cameras on every street corner. In Atlanta I used to commute about 20 to 30 minutes to ... <a href='http://Lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970050650'>more from Lavarock...</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>