We spent a week in Iris and Zachs Garden Cottage, and we found it to be even more beautiful than on the pictures. Spacious, beautiful decorated, a wonderful veranda with ocean view, small kitchen with cooking facilities outside, an outdoor shower...pretty romantic. The room was perfectly cleaned up and everything was in good shape. When you have your breakfast outside, you'll get company by some lovely geckos. When we arrived, we found a basket with fruits on the table. The farm itself is wonderful, a small paradise of fruits, plants and a beautiful main building with a kitchen and another veranda, where you can cook and share a meal with everyone who lives on the farm. Please do so, the lunch we had there was by far the best we had in three weeks hawaii! We did not really participate in farm life, but if you are interested in working and learning about farmlife, you can also do that. They offer a variety of massages, too.
You will need a car to get around, but that's how it is everywhere on Big Island. But there are nice beaches, places for snorkeling (the best place we found is called "two steps") and some decent restaurants pretty close to the farm. Our favourite beach was beach 69, which is quite far away, about an hour driving, but we found it totally worth it.
What we also liked a lot, are the sounds of the frogs at night. If you need complete silence to sleep well, this might bother you, but we loved it. And apart from that, it is perfectly quiet.
All in all, highly recommended!