Sustainability Spotlight with Hawaii Kai Auntie
Permaculture, Plants, People and Preservation
Cilantro, the plant we in Hawaii once knew as Chinese parsley, is a gardener’s frustration.
It’s slow to sprout, and once it gets above ground, a feast for slugs and snails. Then, if we’re lucky enough to get a few leaves of it, it goes to seed in the hot Hawaii sun.
We hear that there are plants that are like cilantro, but are there really?
Whether you shop at Sam’s Club, Costco, Chef Zone or Smart and Final, bulk purchases can be daunting.
Here’s a recipe to preserve a full five pounds of lemons for future use. Added benefit: the food tastes better too.
This past Saturday, July 25, 2020, we were expectantly preparing for Hurricane Douglas. My neighbor’s papapa tree had grown too tall, and I had promised her for some time that I’d cut…
Ti Leaf, Green Ti leaf is used for making leis and for wrapping food in for flavor while cooking. These ornamental plants come in a variety of shapes and colors. The ones…
From time to time, I receive a surplus of chives from friends and neighbors. I also, from time to time, crave chive kim chee. It’s the ultimate in local smelly fermented food….
Living here in Hawaii, aren’t you envious to find that onions keep for months on end in a Midwest cellar? Here’s are three ideas on how you can preserve your round onions in our humid…