Kawanui Farm

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...

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...

Close your eyes for a second and think back...what is your earliest memory of placing a seed in the soil? Maybe it was in your families...

August 2020 Blog – Hawai'i Seed Growers Network Hawai’i has seasons. Gardeners in Hawai’i, through their observation over many years,...

We know that we are living in a time of unprecedented change. We can feel the chaos swirling around us daily, unsettling what we know...

Beauty and the Importance of Ecosystem Services for Changing Times Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are...

Blog #5 – May 2020 By Nancy Redfeather Remember the story of Jack and the Beanstalk? Jack went to town to sell a cow for his mother and...

Blog #4 April 2020 Hawai’i Seed Grower’s Network – by Nancy Redfeather Aloha Everyone, Mahalo for joining us today for this discussion...

by Glenn I. Teves, County Extension Agent, Molokai’i CTAHR and Nancy Redfeather Hawai’i Seed Growers Network Hawai’i Seed Growers Network...

By Nancy Redfeather Seed Blog: March 2020 #2 Amid the worries of the world, the first day of Spring is coming this week and bringing with...

By Nancy Redfeather 2020 #1 I’ll admit it, I have creepy childhood memories of my mother serving canned green lima beans at dinner. When...

By Nancy Redfeather I have recently discovered the Ayurvedic herb Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), and I have been using the dried roots...

By Nancy Redfeather Every seed has an amazing story that is passed down from generation to generation by those who are seed savers. ...

Leaf amaranth is a nutritious green well adapted to warm climates and has become one of our favorite greens both in the garden and in the...

The pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is a hardy and vigorous multi-use crop that has been grown for thousands of years. Believed to have...

Our seed growers have been hard at work growing and adapting some great new varieties to offer for your gardens in 2019! Check out ...

Deep blue indigo colored flowers are few and far between in the world of nature, and the Blue Butterfly Pea Vine flower is in a category...

Kawanui Farm – Kona I love green beans. My favorite variety to grow is the Alan Chadwick Blue Lake Green Bean that is a pole variety,...

THE ORIGINAL SEED from this unique variety was saved by one of our Hawai`i Network seed growers while farming in Costa Rica. Our Hawai`i...

I wasn’t really a fan of peppers, any kind of peppers, until I tasted one of the varieties grown by the Hawai’i Seed Growers Network...