Wild pig destroyed our food forest 

I think its really amazing you guys show the bad experiences also, it helps me alot to know that it happens to alot of people and sort of encourages me to continue taking care of my trees and not to give up. In Trinidad and Tobago, i have to deal with leaf cutter ants every single three months and every year swarms of locusts that eats everything clean off. Thank god the trees survived and I kept going, love ur videos

I am omnivorous, so pigs on my property would be a plus. I am glad to see you are getting a fence up. You have put too much time and hard work into your farm to have pigs destroy it. Glad to see y'all are doing ok and progressing. Take care.

we also had major pig issues then decided on a fence, same as yours and it worked 100%. killing the pigs was never an option for us (and doesn't work for others anyway). the pigs don't even try to barge the fence or anything. 200 papaya trees sounds awesome to me! ;) nice video.

We're coming to Hilo in August, hopefully you'll still have some plants for sale. I also want to thank you for leading me to Ashley tractor he's done some great work on our property

thank you for adopting rescues. we have 4 of them... they're the best.

i saw you guys at grocery store in keaua last week.... i was like hey im subscribed to them

Perennial Mountain View resident here. Your pig troubles are familiar. Rooted up every one of our banana mats while we were away. Fencing is a fine idea. For theft prevention as well. Your videos make me homesick for Puna. Good luck! Look forward to future installments.

You guys definitely need to look into running line electric fencing around your place...animals stay out. Try running 3 or 4 lines...much cheaper than welded wire or other post fencing ❤

been there brother and sister. it took 1.5 years for the pigs to find but they sure came...fencing is a good option. i always dreamed of taming a wild pig and keeping it around and teaching it to scare away other pigs... lol

Love your dogs! Pigs are smarter than people...good luck with him.

Great video on the danger of wild pigs thank you guys! We are moving up to our Eco retreat in Fern Acres more full-time this summer, and it’s good to share this knowledge with each other. Specially since we didn’t grow up on the islands. Thanks again, keep the videos coming please!

Love all your vids. I have land in road 5 UAU. Waiting for things to get better health-wise for my wife then we can relocate there from Dallas. Keep posting. The life you live is inspiring! Thank you.

Wow, what a learning experience. At least he left you guys alone with enough time to build a fence. Nice to see you guys have animals on the property. They look like great companions.

I bought an acre in HPP, plan to move out in July 2020, and am informed and inspired by your videos! Thank you!

I live in Mountain View. Have the same problem with boars. I bought two solar light repellant devices from Amazon. It makes a noise, that most animals don't like and flashes a light as well. I had two different pigs coming to my yard with bunch of babies. When I insole them I though the pig was gone. But, it was sleeping under the tree and I didn't see it. So when I turned the noise on, it Ren like crazy and didn't come back since. It's been a week.

Buy a Crossbow. No noise, no pigs, but lots of great meat! cheeper than a gun and you don't have to ask the neighbors about the noise.

An idea for a video: you talk about your fruit trees being your long-term investment. What is your plan for selling fruit? How much can a person make to live on by doing this? Maybe interview a person or two who it doing the same.

Glad you got your pig situation under control and got some cute pups in the process! My family and I are moving to Mountain View area at the end of the month, maybe we’ll buy some plants from you guys when we reevaluate our situation!

Ain't no puppies messing with no pigs, they know better..pigs kill dogs, even strong pig hunting dogs get injured. They are often aggressive, and they can bite through bone. That spinach is a fav, love that you can just poke branch cuttings into the ground to propagate that, like so many other tropical plants. Never was so easy to grow a food forest than in Hawaii. I often fed xtra papayas to my ducks and the worms in the worm bin love them. They add richness to the compost pile as well. But the trees get old and leggy and stop producing larger fruits after a few years so starting new trees can be good. Your fruit will be bigger. ;) Love your videos, you guys are so lucky!! I lived on Maui but looking to explore Big I in the future. Loving what you're doing on the land. I also had a lot of issues with regular sugar ants that would dig into my seed pots and eat my seeds I was trying to start...EVERY TIME, with certain seeds they wanted to eat I guess. I figured out I could sprinkle cinnamon around a lot of things and they wouldn't touch it, we could have banana bread wrapped in plastic at our fruit stand and they wouldn't even come chew through it. I will say cayenne pepper works amazing for rats.

Well, wild pigs, are they because many people set them free to forage and then come fall, they go out and harvest them or did they just run off and turn wild?That's a bummer, but I must say with all the damage done your food forest is still AWESOME, thinking how it was before the pig problem. And the list of plants for sale, Jaboticaba, I recently learned of this tree? It gives black berries but instead of producing on the branches, the berries are produced on the trunk? That would be so cool to have, none up here on the central plateau but plenty of exotic fruits to be found in the State of Nayarit, on the pacific coast.Thanks for yet another interesting upload Paulina and Michael, greetings from Querétaro. :)

pit roasted wild boar, roasted bread fruit/sweet potato/ taro, braised tongan spinach, guava/lilikoi or papaya chili pepper jam/jelly/compote.

god i miss you guys. don't let the haters halt you. please video update :)

My reaction to tomatoes that I grew was same as 1.01.... I even kept them on dining table for a very long time as a display 😄😄 I saw you on love the climb vlog.

Very nice job , you 2 !

Love your guys’ channel! Micheal how did you get so knowledgeable about all of this? Would love to hear you talk about that a little bit :)

Hey Mike, I tried getting the pigs drunk also. I gave them four loaves of cheap bread soaked with two bottles of cheap wine and had the same experience as you, pigs in a drunken rage tearing everything up! I guess we need to use something stronger. I’ve heard this works very well but it sure didn’t work for me.

you could start a tightly spaced living fence right now alongside your metal fence to take over once your metal fence rots....they dont last forever in this hawaii weather. hopefully you got galvanized posts...blessings hawaii family

Could you two do a video on how to buy a property on Hawaii and what to do and look for, also the steps in purchasing it. Im 20 and trying to save up atm and when I get the money for it I really need to know how to buy land...

@1:45 You got DOGGIES!!! Has your wild pig adventure given you a higher appreciation for bacon" @15:05 WHAT? no coffee?no coffee trees? @15:10 YAY chickens Yay Eggs! On Facebook I follow The Chicken Chick (Cathy Shea Mormino) She has so much information on chickens, and bees. + she daily posts a meme about coffee. Yurns out that she also has a you tube channel! @17:11 YAY Chayote!! they are MARVELOUS! WAIT! What about an update on how the volcano effected you and if you felt the earthquake???

YAY you’re back!

Im sorry . You are really a beautiful couple. Keep working at it. God loves you!!!

Feed those piggies magical mushrooms to confuse them...in all seriousness...good to c you two back on air...I love those doggies🌈🤙😃

I used to grow those banana in Jamaica so sweet , sad that I can’t anymore live in New York City 🤦‍♀️

Love your dogs! The one with the stripe is an American Staffordshire Terrier! I have one too. Sorry they are lazy, and don't chase off the pigs haha!!!

If you pick your chayote (pipinola) early you can eat it without having to peel and core it. Your chickens will help you with your extra papayas and your ducks may eat the Tongan spinach of you toss some in the pen.

we call those bananas 'latundan" in the Philippines..

Your dogs are adorable!!!!!

If you guys have a farmer's Market you guys can open a stand there and sell them and make money for you off grid life!!

Looks like u live in puna district... did u put up a fence?...that is the best way to go .. but yeah it’s expensive.. electric perimeter fence works but after awhile they will go through it to get to the good stuff in your property.... I’ve worked with this situation with the s/potatoe farmers and have seen them plow through it.... if ur still having the problem u can contact me thru the humane society in Keaau .....I can give u some advice on how to deal with them ...

Love your videos. Stay safe

Did the pigs touch the Tongan spinach? Maybe transplant Tongan spinach outside the fence or along property boundaries.

Thank you very much ..I am happy for you ..!

love your videos this is how I would like to live one day, so peaceful , if must be so fresh out there and cool😊👍

Mike sighting at ace yesterday haha

We have a big problem with pigs... they propínate fast... we’ve had at least 7 generations coming into our Aina and after the cute wore off we decided to finish our fencing. They wreck everything with their routing. To avoid fencing... I’m afraid a beebee gun is the most compassionate answer... doesn’t kill them but does give them a sting they’ll remember. Go to Prince Kuhio Mall to Walmart or the fishing tackle and hunting store next to Hawaiian Style on Manono or, the one in Curtis Town. Best price is Walmart if they have them. Good luck. If you really do want to bring home the bacon... try bow and arrow. Traps don’t work because they smell the previous animals caught in it. OK... you’re doing T posts and Hotwire!!! Might be a necessary expense. My Pitt mixes from Keaau shelter did keep them off... they’d hear them come and chase them barking all the way ... before they could injury the dogs!

Kamapuaa was always known for his voracious unending appetite. I’m so sorry, they are very invasive, fences/chickenwire could work- and Pig Hunters.

You can grow passion fruit along your new fence :)

Papaya, Tongan spinach, and coarse salt or fine sand may make a good pre bath exfoliate.

Love your videos! Hope all is well with you. Good luck with those wild pigs. They are no joke :0 ALSO..... PSA: *Everyone be sure to wash your fruit and veg thoroughly. Rat worm lung disease is serious.*

Hi, are you guys still in big Island?

Whoa...just saw a wild pig cut the banana tree down. Might have been his (pigs) food forest before the area was settled.

Love your channel, I’m working on starting my own over here on Maui from scratch and was wondering how you built up your subscriber base? Any insights would be awesome. Mahalo and Aloha

BMI to alcohol%. Loaf of old bread and bottle of cheap 40% alcohol. Maybe you could find bread cheap at local bakery or store. The round type is easier to handle. Something like Molokai bread.

Did Michael have a meltdown at 7:04 seconds after the bacon joke? :)

I've got a question for you about growing an elevation in your area? Seems like I've heard from a few people that approximately 1000 feet elevation is the most optimal growing elevation and if you go up too much higher you won't be able to grow some foods. What kind of foods and not be grown at about 1500 feet elevation? Mahalo for your time and consideration

Who did you guys use to install the fence?

Are you guys still in Puna? Love to meet up, Im in Shores, been doing off grid for years, first 6 months in Puna

yum boar! so always talk on people not sticking around , you two thinking long term now , you see yourselves there in 20 years

Hey guys recently moved to the island 4200feet on same mission as you guys but solo . what elevation are you ?and do you know of any great fruit tree and flowers up here that will flourish? eager to even talk dm

3 years! Amazing.. think about branding yourselves.. what is your farm called..

also I notice you use white pellets is that chicken poo or what do u spread

what do you do with your rubbish and recycling/

sorry to hear that we have them in Florida too but we hunt them good luck

Are you guys still there? Id like to discuss some thangs, share knowledge/plants

Time for wild boar roast. Can have a Lua. Throw a spear at him. You gonna practice native Hawaiian agriculture you practice hunting or invite hunters on you land to remove pig pests. Joel Salatin sets up electronic fencing 14" from ground 3000V is good enough 2deter.🐷 Ba-da, 🐷Ba-dah, datz-all-folks🐗!

Nice

you can definitely train you dogs, if you want to spend the time, to leave your ducks and chickens alone...check Dog wisperer videos...that was all i needed to really see effective communication between me and my dog

Welcome to Puna.

Recently I have seen a product that looks like an owl. Has motion sensor activated red light for eyes and emits animal repellent frequency sound.

Where’d you guys go

There goes your luau chance :)

My only question is how is the crime in the puna district?

How much fencing did you use for your property and the costs.

Would love to buy plants from you how do I do that?

Where a pig picture?

Do you have problems with slugs on your veggie garden?

It's complex basically depends on where you go and your openness and determination to fit in. In the case of Europe this is at the heart of much soul searching. The recent murder of a school teacher by somebody who was granted refugee status. He couldn't accept France's openness to all faiths and so on. I guess those of us in western countries can largely travel, before the virus, where we want and the wealthy can live where they want. Obviously most of the world can't do this and so we have so much economic migration. In my own case I had to sell my father's farm house in Wales, a country that makes up the U.K. Growing up it was farmers and a few hippies but forty years on it's people who are wealthy selling their city homes to live the "rural dream". I find most of these people a bit of a joke. I mean they aren't really farmers or country people but who am I to judge. I suppose it can be their arrogance and money that angers the locals. I would see Hawaii as very American and westernised so it isn't as if you have to learn the language and so on. Maybe I'm wrong. It seems you are in a bit of a bind: in the sense that you have to present an idyllic image of the place for the youtube audience but that's created people wanting to come and you feel responsible. I guess emphasising the real issues living there, as you did, is the only way to go. Ultimately people are responsible for their own decisions.

Get some grizzly bear spray and zap em. It does no permanent damage to them and they won't forget it. Doubt they would come back.

He will be back with his friends

Pigs are moving around a lot in your area because of all of the new construction and land clearing.

Brake out the traps Have a barbeque hawaiian style Better yet catch and sale

If you really want to get rid of the pig and future pigs... UTube is full of pig traps.. Pigs are smarter than dogs.. And now he knows where the food source is... If you're not into dispatching animals.. I'm sure there is a local that will do it for you.. (another source of income for him) But once you have him trapped if he isnt harvested Really quickly He will figure out how to escape

Alright dance

Which island do you live on?

Why don't you organize a pig hunt? Pigs will overpopulate and carry diseases...while if you control their populations, not only do you often have some good meat, but you can protect your plantings. In the NW, Olympic Peninsula we have the same issues....except I think our Eagles and Bears keep the pig populations down.

Raised beds

A gun and a bbq is the answer!

Set a pig trap.

try music with clapping gun shot sounds

Dog must be "outdoor dogs" to work properly. Build a dog house.

Bow and arrows

Sell to Farmer's Market

I know a guy ,who knows a guy , who knows how to " influence " Mr piggies , for a price - the swine whom thinks your garden is his market - maybe he has a little accident ,ya know?, And..don't get around much anymore...

Train the dogs.

Your dogs need to be trained.

Yeah you need some investment to turn these pigs into ham - a ton of salt, some crates to cure them in and finally slicing machine. Good luck. Oh wait....you all are vegetarians, smh.

pig trap. Catch that sucker, and make pork chops, ham, and bacon!

Guns would be way cheaper and free meat.

CROSSBOW ,,,bacon fried veggies,, swap some for fish & labor.. kill em fixed ,,,,, neighbors will, love ya..

Use a shotgun, using "buck shot." Will not travel anywhere near as far as a rifled bullet, and will put a hurtin' on a pig.