Growing your own food. Living sustainably. Reducing your footprint. In today’s world, there are many who find the appeal of all of the above undeniable. With it’s mix of rain and sun and year round growing season, there are few places that compare to Hana if you want to live a sustainable lifestyle. You would be hard pressed to find a better opportunity to get started on your new lifestyle than this property listed for sale in Hana.
A Decade of Hard Work
While Hana is a great place for a sustainable lifestyle and growing your own food. It isn’t always easy to start from scratch. Land needs to be cleared, soil augmented, structures need to be built, energy systems set up and of course orchards need to be planted. There is a lot of trial and error. This 2.78 acre parcel provides an opportunity to reap the literal fruit of the seller’s labors. Over the last decade, the owners thoughtfully and lovingly planted the property with hundreds of fruit trees, flowers and foliage. They used permaculture principles while farming. The farm received organic certification for three years before being discontinued last year due to a lack of need.
Plantings on the Property
The property includes hundreds of edibles, timber bamboo and a variety of understory crops and mulching plants.
A partial list of edibles includes:
- Hundreds of Bananas including Ice Cream, Apple and Williams varieties.
- Sour Sap
- Durian
- 6 Avocado Trees
- Star Apple
- Mangosteen
- Jack fruit
- Eleven Coconut Plams
- A variety of citrus including Lime, Grapefruit, Myers Lemon and Oranges
- 20 Cacao
- 100’s of Pineapple
- Papaya
- Taro
There is also a 42′ x 20′ green house for growing vegetables, greens and herbs. There is plenty more space for planting additional fruit trees. Contact The Maui Real Estate Team for the full list of edibles.
Structures
There is a barn on the property going through the after the fact permit process. It has a completely separated upstairs area. There is a small garage for a mower and farming tools, a cement compost pad, geodesic dome with covered work space and an ag shed. There are three ideal building sites on the property with ocean, sunrise and moonrise views. Zoning allows for the potential to build a cottage with upto 1,000 square feet of living space. There is a large capacity septic system already installed for a future cottage.
Utilities
This is the last property in Hana serviced by the Hana Ranch water system. Everything to the North uses catchment or well water. The owners installed underground water throughout the property to water crops and trees as needed. Maui Electric and high speed cable internet are available at the property. The current owners powered the property using a 27 panel outback solar system with an 8 battery power bank.
Find out More about This Hana Permaculture Property
If you are in the market for a permaculture property on Maui, check out this video that the seller’s put together a few years ago about the property. It is a great chance to see more of the beautiful property, the food being grown and the lifestyle offered.
This is unit B of a two unit residential condominium. The asking price for the property is $549,000. This property sold in 2020. Contact The Maui Real Estate Team for assistance finding other small scale farms or Hana Properties. You can find all of the current Hana Real Estate Listings on our site.