I’ve been a fan of Renee’s Garden seeds for many years: over a decade, in fact. Their product line is fun, eclectic and often unique. They also specialize in the backyard gardener…
Category: Plants in Hawaii
This section holds an encyclopedia of plants that are seen and grown in Hawaii. There are also anecdotes about permaculture: composting and aquaponics in particular.
Growing without soil: hydroponics vs. aquaponics
I like to think about hydroponics as being a good indoor “gardening” technique that graduates to aquaponics outdoors. Technically, it’s not true. You can use both hydroponics and aquaponics indoors or outdoors….
Revisiting Kiwano, part two
If you recall from [this post], I had just started harvesting African Horned Cucumber, also known as Jelly Melon and also known as Kiwano. Then there was my own nickname for them,…
You don’t need a lot of land to plant a garden
Check out this post from Oregon State University (OSU), “Things to consider when starting your vegetable garden.” It’s probably the best checklist I’ve seen so far: short and actionable for those interested…
Gardening 101: Deadheading isn’t just for heavy metal fans
On a visit to a local nursery, I bought an already established coreopsis plant. The plant was so well established it had more dried up flowers than new blooms. No problem, I…
Poor soil? You’re in luck. Try cosmos flowers.
Both my mom and I tried growing cosmos flowers in the nitrogen-rich mulch soil mixture we usually use, but the flowers didn’t seem to like it. Then, we tried again using ordinary…
Gardening Amazon Prime Recommendation for 7/12/2023
If you see this post and it’s no longer on sale, it’s still a good buy.
Kiwano Melon – the prolific fruit I’ll think twice about
Kiwano melon: it’s an interesting fruit that did well here in Hawaii. It’s also known as African Horned Cucumber or just Horned Melon. My first one tasted like cucumber without the usual…
Composting could reduce methane emissions up to 84 percent, study says
According to a new study in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, composting food scraps results in 38 to 84 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than tossing them in landfills. Here on Oahu, we typically…