Land clearing underway!!

Yesterday, 1/13 the bulldozer arrived and started clearing the parcel.  The bottom half was smashed and was done quite quickly(1 day).  The upper portion is larger and will probably take 2-3 days to complete, but pushing all the plants leaves a nice clean area for koai'a planting.  Danny is a great operator and I never saw him get off the machine till pau hana.  Enrique's tractor and Flail mulcher came yesterday, did a row a left.  They decided that it took too long and did too much wear and tear on the machine to be feasable.  It's too bad because it looked really good.
I was also able to deliver enough weed mat to the property for this weekend's planting.  Jake, Micheal and I were able to cut and prep enough mat for about 1800 linear feet or three rows.  Preparing the mat took longer than I thought it would, but we figured out a good system and we should get quicker.
Tomorrow  Kekua and I will go out to the property and flag out the contour of the land for the placement of Koai'a rows.  Planting nitrogen fixing trees on contour is a practice done by permaculturalists to halt erosion, increase surface water absorption, add nutrients to the soil, provide infrastructure for other species and build up organic matter.  Later, if we are able to encorporate swales, we will add to the effectiveness and efficiency of the system.
If all goes well we're going to try to put some trees in the ground Sunday morning.  Seeing the land cleared give a true sense of how large the property really is.  Today I felt a little uneasy about the daunting task ahead.  Once the koaia are in and doing well I will feel a lot better and everyone's confidence will grow along with them.  This has been a productive week and I hope to keep the momentum rolling.  Mahalo ke akua for opening all the doors for us and mahalo everyone who has helped thus far.
Today: 8 work hourspermaculture water harvesting  Nitrogen fixing trees