Join us at our monthly plant exchange, second Tuesdays in Hawaii Kai
Earth Fest at Kaiser: April 26. Save the Date
Earth Day is around the corner and once again Paul Balazs and his incredible Wipeout Crew have put together a celebration. The plant exchange will be there from 4-8 pm on April…
March 22-24, 2024: Two Plant Sales and Orchid Society Events
Coming up soon, two Orchid Society events. From March 22-24, Windward Orchid Society show and sale at King Intermediate in Kaneohe. From March 22-23, Kunia Orchid Society show and sale at Leilehua…
Easy Tsukemono: making food from what’s in the garden today
I’m growing radishes and Hawaiian chili peppers. Turns out, radish tops and hot peppers make an excellent easy-to-prepare tsukemono with spicy kick. Here’s the ridiculously easy recipe: Smash a Hawaiian chili pepper….
Hawaii Kai Night Market Tonight, February 24, 2024
I probably should have posted this earlier. I decided this morning that I would go, then I thought that maybe I ought to also let everyone else know about the event which…
Quail Update: One Hen Goes Broody and Hatches a Chick
They say it rarely happens: a coturnix quail sitting on eggs to hatch chicks. You may recall from [this post] that a hen from some hatching eggs of mine did it. At…
Teaching an old auntie new tricks: a vlog post about Wahiawa cherry blossoms
Yes, you can teach an old auntie new tricks. Here’s a YouTube short from my visit yesterday to the Wahiawa Botanical Garden. I was in the area and stopped by to see…
Google rolls out circle-to-search on Android Phones
I recently upgraded phones from a Samsung Galaxy S series to a Google Pixel. For the first week, I hated it. Nothing was where I thought it ought to go. Now, I…
Aquaponics, Building the Basics
The concept of aquaponics is simple. Water from a fish tank pumps through a grow bed filled with plants. When the grow bed reaches a certain water point, the water drains back…