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Hope you can come along with us on our Table Grape Journey for Hawai'i
Sometime this week, I'm sending out an invitation statewide to agricultural groups inviting farmers, home gardeners and grape lovers to...
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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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Nancy Redfeather
- Sep 21, 2020
- 6 min
It All Begins...and Ends With Seed
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...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Aug 16, 2020
- 6 min
Making the Big Transition: Getting Ready for Fall & Winter in Hawai'i Home Gardens
August 2020 Blog – Hawai'i Seed Growers Network Hawai’i has seasons. Gardeners in Hawai’i, through their observation over many years,...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Jul 14, 2020
- 9 min
Growing and Thriving in the Summer Gardens of Hawai’i: A time of unprecedented change.
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...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Jun 17, 2020
- 4 min
Flowers: Food for the Soul
Beauty and the Importance of Ecosystem Services for Changing Times Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are...
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Nancy Redfeather
- May 21, 2020
- 7 min
Seed Magic: Starting Seeds – Storing Seeds
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...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Apr 22, 2020
- 10 min
Back to the Land in the 21st Century: 10 Important Crops for your Homestead Garden in Hawai’i
Blog #4 April 2020 Hawai’i Seed Grower’s Network – by Nancy Redfeather Aloha Everyone, Mahalo for joining us today for this discussion...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Mar 29, 2020
- 8 min
Getting Started: Creating a Home Garden in Hawai’i
by Glenn I. Teves, County Extension Agent, Molokai’i CTAHR and Nancy Redfeather Hawai’i Seed Growers Network Hawai’i Seed Growers Network...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Mar 17, 2020
- 5 min
The Spring Equinox and a Short History of the Long Bean,our newest addition to the HSGN Marketplace
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...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Mar 3, 2020
- 4 min
Violet’s Multi-Colored Butter Beans – Our Shared Seed Stories
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...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
Ashwagandha: Family Medicine From the Garden
By Nancy Redfeather I have recently discovered the Ayurvedic herb Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), and I have been using the dried roots...
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Nancy Redfeather
- Aug 15, 2019
- 3 min
Margaret Krimm Lettuce: A Story of Self-Sufficiency and Love
By Nancy Redfeather Every seed has an amazing story that is passed down from generation to generation by those who are seed savers. ...
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Hawaiʻi Seed Growers
- Jun 27, 2019
- 6 min
In love with leaf amaranth
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...
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Hawaiʻi Seed Growers
- Jun 6, 2019
- 2 min
Practically Perfect in Every Way- The Mighty Pigeon Pea and its Value for the Home Gardener
The pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is a hardy and vigorous multi-use crop that has been grown for thousands of years. Believed to have...
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