Homesteading in Hawaii

Ohia is an Hawaiian tree. Young trees look rather like a scrubby bush, but as they mature, especially in a forest, they become towering tree...

We've been getting a bit of rain almost every day now for long while. Perhaps this is what has triggered some of my new orchids to bloom...

Took a brief walkabout before I left for the cat spay/neuter clinic today. I really love the vivid colors that dot my place.  Roselle.  Mari...

Gingers on my homestead (I'm still looking to add three others, but that's for the future).. .. White ginger.  White ginger clump by...

Just a couple of days ago "S" posted on Big Island Self Sufficency Facebook page a picture of turmeric blooming. Quite honestly, I...

"P" asked, "If you are hand pollinating, where do you get the pollen from?"  The pollen comes from the male flowers, whi...

With the abundance of rain this past year, the homestead is blooming every direction I look. Today I noticed that there is some sort of orch...

I just discovered that I have a new ginger blooming on the farm. Some rhizomes were given to me a while ago and I was under the impression t...

Personally I like the idea of growing edible flowers. Sure it's a part of self sufficiency, but it like the beauty of them in my food. H...

I'm a great flower lover. They are simply pretty and make me happy. So I plant lots of flowers. Orchids are something I like but know ve...

As you know, I love flowers. Their beauty makes my heart joyful. But they often have another use......to eat and/or beautify my food.  It wa...

Bromeliads are my style plant -- no decent soil needed and basically ignore them. Wow, can't get better than that!  I've planted som...

Just about everybody knows that I really enjoy flowers. While I don't waste a lot of precious time on non-edible plants, flowers are the...