Tips for Starting Garden Seeds Year-Round in Hawai’i
Gather expert tips and recommendations for starting home garden vegetable seeds in Hawaii
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Nancy Redfeather
- Mar 19
- 10 min
Get Ready for Spring! Hawai’i Seed Growers Share Their Garden Plans for 2024
The idea for this blog started with Glenn Teves musing about getting ready for the spring growing season in Hawai’i and wondering what...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Feb 14
- 4 min
New to gardening in Hawai’i? Starting or expanding your Home Garden? We've got Resources for Hawaii’s Gardeners!
As the Earth spins around our star and seasons change, we continue to be inspired by the abundance and peacefulness of our gardens. ...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Nov 12, 2022
- 4 min
Lettuce Grow Together!
The Hawai’i Seed Growers Network Online Marketplace has everything you need to grow your own beautiful salads, whether you want to start...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Sep 10, 2022
- 4 min
Gardening For Life….what we love about Gardening
Your garden, no matter how large or small is your refuge and sanctuary. It could be a place to relax, to exercise, to bask in the sun,...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Apr 30, 2022
- 3 min
Happiness Held in the Seed is Shared in the Flower: Spring Ideas for Hawaii’s Home Gardens
Spring. A season as beautiful as its name. A season that reminds us to embrace joy and love. A season that reminds us that change is the...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Feb 26, 2022
- 6 min
It’s Time to Grow Corn in Hawaiʻi: Tips on Growing Popcorn, Sweet Corn, & Flour Corn in Your Garden
If you haven’t tried growing corn varieties in your garden yet, make this the year to get the seed into the ground and enjoy it’s...
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Michelle Carrillo
- Jan 15, 2022
- 2 min
2022 Winter Solstice Greetings!
Winter has arrived and with it we are seeing epic forces of nature all across Hawai’i. From torrential rainfall ushered in by big gusty...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Dec 10, 2021
- 6 min
Cool Season Planting Tips & Challenges of Year Around Gardening Plus...Take Back Your Salad Bowl!
December 2021 The change of seasons is upon us as cooler weather and more rainfall in most of the state signal the beginning of our most...
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nancyredfeather
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
It's Time For The DOE To Take The Lead On Food And Education
Hawaii Grown: Civil Beat September 12, 2021 We are at an unprecedented moment, and if the DOE acts, Hawaii’s students and their food...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Oct 23, 2021
- 6 min
Saving Seed in Hawai’i: Processing, Drying, and Storing Seed in the Subtropics
October 2021 Keeping seeds dry and able to reproduce into the future in our subtropical climate is quite challenging. Seeds grown and...
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nancyredfeather
- Sep 23, 2021
- 9 min
Is Early Los Angeles a Model for Food and Agriculture in Hawai'i?
Civil Beat IDEAS: Is Early Los Angeles A Model For Food And Agriculture In Hawaii? Believe it or not, yes. In the first half of the 20th...
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Glenn Teves
- Aug 27, 2021
- 7 min
Growing Tomatoes
by Glenn I. Teves, County Extension Agent UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Cooperative Extension Service August...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Jul 3, 2021
- 4 min
Gardening in Small Spaces: Inspiration for growing in containers on lanais and windowsills
By Nancy Redfeather, July 2021 A time long ago, when I first began teaching, I realized I wanted to start growing some of my own food,...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Apr 13, 2021
- 6 min
Three Sisters in the Hawaiian Garden: Warm Season Abundance
By Nancy Redfeather April 2021 Spring is here again, and it’s a perfect time to plant the Three Sisters in your home garden. This year, ...
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Nancy Redfeather, Jay Bost and Glenn Teves
- Mar 14, 2021
- 6 min
Seed Diversity is Vital to the Future of Food
Every seed tells a story, and the story of how seed, people and place are connected begins a long time ago, around 10,000 BCE, when our...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Jan 20, 2021
- 5 min
Tropical Corn Varieties for the Home Garden in Hawai’i: Growing Information, Recipes, and Lore
January 2021 If you haven’t tried growing corn varieties in your garden yet, make this the year to get the seed into the ground and enjoy...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Dec 20, 2020
- 7 min
Gifts from the Garden: Nurturing & Connecting Us to a Greater Rhythm, Wellness, and Contentment
December 2020 Tis the season once again, when our thoughts naturally turn to family and friends, as this challenging old year wanes,...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Nov 19, 2020
- 7 min
Feeling Grateful, Giving Thanks, Looking Ahead, Sharing Resources
The Fall Garden is in Full Swing! Long ago, I used to think about what would it take, how would the world have to change in order to...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Oct 20, 2020
- 11 min
Using your Garden’s Fall Herbal Bounty: Drying Herbs & Flavoring Salts, Vinegars, & Oils
Aloha Gardeners of Hawai’i, By the beginning of Fall, I usually have some pretty large herb plants of various varieties in my home garden...
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