A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui

Sadly, the cute cottage I was renting in Maui Meadows was sold in November of 2021. Peppers & Tomatoes Growing in Containers For 9 years...

In the 2000's food sustainability on Maui was a hot topic. We were told that Maui  had at best 7 days of food on island. Right now we ar...

Tatsoi If you have little to no space, and not much money to spare, here's a link to a very low cost and simple method for growing salad...

Food shortages are expected to begin impacting the US this summer. I encourage anyone  who has some space to at least have a small container...

Sunchoke Flowers In April I put 2 sunchokes in a shallow dish of water and they spouted within a few days. I transplanted the rhizomes int...

Wow! My blog just turned 10! I still have my garden but it's not as big as it once was. These days I have to devote more time to wor...

Allspice at 15 months Since 2013, I've tried to grow an allspice tree from local cuttings, seeds, a bare-root plant purchased...

  The First Mexican Jicama In January I planted Mexican Jicama seeds in a Smart Pot. It took 6 weeks for the seeds to sprout and b...

Sweet potatoes are native to the tropics and need warm sunny conditions in order to grow. In Hawaii they can be planted at any time ...

August Myoga Ginger Buds & Shiso Leaves A few years ago I received a package with lots of Myoga ginger rhizomes. Mahalo Mac ...